Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 20:38
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 726 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3133 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 206 Parallax 188 160% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 190 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 833 840 836 855 816 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 716 Write 919 Mixed 548 SusWrite 850 171% 758 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 51.8 214% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 961 735% 997 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 230%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 34GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 281 188 175 167 155 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 407 SusWrite 240 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.4 210% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 296 296 296 295 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 417 SusWrite 315 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61 206% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 73%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4x

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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