Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 234 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 695 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% 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 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 94.1 Parallax 87.3 74% 90.6 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 74.2 65% 80.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 438GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3407 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 699 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19754483834	110% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 46.4 172% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 126 134% 222 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 279GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4577 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1021 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8207567005	82.5% Excellent	Read 378 Write 329 Mixed 323 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 31 126% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 21.1 65% 142 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 134%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4547 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1301 (B1) Unknown 91 91 320 (B2) Unknown 92 92 199 (B3) Unknown 92 92 395 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 726 Write 637 Mixed 651 150% 671 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 23.4 124% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 23.1 48% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 160%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 115%

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

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,019x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	106x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	24x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,567

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