Asus Z170-P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 279 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 802 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.03 5% 8.85 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2325 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 90% 111 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3577 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 778 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 37 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 230 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15840786395
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 648GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 226 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 303 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 166 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.27 138% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 136GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 164 164 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 7000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2316 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 77046 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 253404053528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 106 Write 115 Mixed 84.6 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

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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	1,140x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	923x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	527x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	551x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	535x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	196x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	163x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16