Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 15:05
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 678 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Asus(1043 8385) 1.5GB CLim: 782 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.27 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 8.09 5% 9.18 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 6.09 6% 7.35 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 6 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29825 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 12857 (B1) Unknown 98 98 95 (B3) Unknown 99 99 6 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 6 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 47 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 716 (F1) Unknown 99 99 95956031892	116% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 511 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.9 165% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 160 168% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 55GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5180609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -123729417861988 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 14279 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 763 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 49 68722688049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5180609 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5180609 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5180609 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8856 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5909 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5909 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15354	87% Excellent	Read 514 Write 302 Mixed 324 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17.4 125% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 78.3 112% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 210GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 54004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 16629 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 851 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15793 (C2) HDA temperature 99 92 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62% Good	Read 114 Write 102 Mixed 99 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.53 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 129 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 16986 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 265541 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.2% Average	Read 80.5 Write 87.5 Mixed 81.8 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 99%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,021x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	106x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	24x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16