Asus Z170-P D3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 18:34
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 233 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 458 56% 431 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 80.1 68% 82.7 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 66.8 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 181839220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -103912438754389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 136 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 51542425628 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 51542425628 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 181839220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 181839220 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 181839220 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8116 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7047 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7047 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7260 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5374026	57.1% Above average	Read 441 Write 112 Mixed 133 49% 229 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 13.2 99% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 73 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 30.7 42% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 73%
Samsun HD154UI 1.5TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9460 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 835 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 68 470679579 (C2) HDA temperature 75 63 487456793 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 651601 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 103 Mixed 109 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%
Samsun HD103UJ 1TB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 405GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10490 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 806 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521142303 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 554696733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1579620 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	48.2% Average	Read 84.2 Write 83.4 Mixed 79.1 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.49 120% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-P D3 - $150

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	221x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	133x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	89x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x

SSD
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	36x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	27x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $231

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 $40	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