Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 16:24
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 729 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 94% 113 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 81.5 84% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW24H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 599 622 614 574 564 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 93%
Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 51GB free Firmware: BXW24H0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,447 Write 1,195 Mixed 765 252% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 43.5 161% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 285 241% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 93%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 467GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 87 89 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 93 Write 76.3 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 87.7 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 96%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 446GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 179 179 177 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 77.8 Write 143 Mixed 29 SusWrite 177 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 128 134 134 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 131 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 127 134 137 128 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 158 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 129 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 105%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 54GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 5.7 Mixed 8.8 9% 7.25 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.5 21% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 30%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 12 11 12 11 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 144 Write 11.2 Mixed 23 SusWrite 12.1 42% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1 86% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 135%

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Typical Z170-PREMIUM Builds (Compare 64 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PREMIUM

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	50x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	5x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	8x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GBCrucialBench 75%, 6 samples	3x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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