Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 02:49
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 738 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1935 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 87% 106 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 91.5 77% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21420 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 99 99 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9803425057	104% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 497 Mixed 514 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 44.3 159% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 108 72% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 128 128 42983096784 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11194 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979806239 (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 200 200 125	86% Excellent	Read 142 Write 157 Mixed 148 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 908GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 130 130 42982572487 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3798 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 163210002464 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74% Very good	Read 109 Write 149 Mixed 153 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1450 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 184 Mixed 170 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.12 112% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

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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	1,135x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	523x

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 $42Bench 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 $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