Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.94% 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	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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-P (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 18:33
Run Duration	386 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 418 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.94% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 6.75 5% 7.34 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.1 8% 8.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 362 Mixed 423 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 30.1 106% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 71.5 103% 192 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 511GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 81.3 Write 86.7 Mixed 69.8 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 668GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 154 Mixed 132 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.55 138% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 75%
Samsung STORY Station 1.5TB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 460GB free, PID 5f06 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 42.2 Mixed 14.4 39% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.33 65% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 14GB free, PID 1181 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20% Poor	Read 100 Write 12 Mixed 28.1 44% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.1 47% 3.62 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 8.8 Mixed 10.6 14% 12 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 24% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 6,074 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,134x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	522x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	548x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	535x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	289x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	194x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	161x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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