Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '20 at 18:35
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 411 45% 356 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 41.6 39% 45.3 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 38.7 33% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 107 113 113 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 369 Write 140 Mixed 186 SusWrite 112 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35 152% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 124 100% 142 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 298GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 63 64 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 61.6 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 62.7 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

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

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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	1,136x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	524x

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	290x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	162x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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