Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 100% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	216% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 12:44
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 862 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 160 Parallax 132 122% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 573GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,510 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,331 310% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 41.5 233% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 54.8 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 41.8 57% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 363%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128679576 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60690632 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 131108 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 53 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88105 (C2) HDA temperature 23 47 38654705687 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25391846636416 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13693362666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73616809347	85.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 144 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 724GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 96 86254378 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 114445837 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 208 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032859 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 403963928 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 14 86254378 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41351945080595 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3896600770 (F2) Unknown 100 253 243464056	61.3% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 607GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198471672 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10833786 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 25770197031 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 404029464 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 34359738392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 14 198471672 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9844064997385 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3929528270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3037136781	53.8% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 91 Mixed 88.8 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.58 129% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 427GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 217 217 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 638 (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 41 41 26211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 7 7 930531 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 150324248597 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 369GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99932262 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8189075 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 49604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2666 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 131091 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 42949672985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 12 99932262 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35291746323352 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1596470420 (F2) Unknown 100 253 345929452	63.4% Good	Read 118 Write 103 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 31.6 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 $250Bench 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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Total price: $1,205

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