Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '16 at 05:02
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 710 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 68.6 64% 75.1 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 69 Splatting 61.4 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 830 Series 256GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25680 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1237 (B1) Unknown 84 84 557 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 768 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80519843589	72% Very good	Read 495 Write 275 Mixed 331 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 18.6 92% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 14 54% 125 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 565GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134033700 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 317743483 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2147 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BE) vendor-specific 58 53 774373418 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 77309411370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 21 134033700 (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 -76317273851974 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3944015769 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2889244185	49.6% Average	Read 82.4 Write 90.5 Mixed 79.6 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.52 110% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 376GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106021304 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4599 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 101 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153503916 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 14 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2165 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 30067261478 (BD) vendor-specific 48 48 52 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 707002406 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 25 106021304 (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 -51741470990138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 689358906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 637556920	47.4% Average	Read 82.2 Write 83 Mixed 70.8 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 70%
WD WD2002FAEX-007BA 2TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 252GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8591 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18226 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18099 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 40 (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 1	73.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 120 Mixed 122 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.43 120% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 92GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 180 177 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6485 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6346 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 41 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 86.6 Mixed 62.8 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%
WDC WD30 EZRZ-00WN9B0 3TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 544GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 84.9 135% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 58%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 335GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 23.9 39% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 22%
NORELSYS 106X 3TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 59GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 130 Write 144 Mixed 87.1 152% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 4x8GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 96%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,032x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	26x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16