Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76% 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	294% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 23:41
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 156 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 268 33% 253 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1812 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 74% 104 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 91.3 79% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 1287 1769 2131 2132 1834 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,659 Write 2,111 Mixed 1,423 SusWrite 1,605 436% 1,950 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 80.1 274% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 141 91% 103 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 211GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 428 427 424 426 422 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 414 Mixed 346 SusWrite 424 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 46.3 165% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 269 184% 214 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 438GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 161 162 160 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 125 Write 90.2 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 159 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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	1,021x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $273	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 $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 $45	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