Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 04:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 252 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 802 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 7500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 148 Parallax 150 114% 146 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 117% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 304 308 307 293 222 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 410 SusWrite 305 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.7 198% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 151 109% 144 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 241GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 417 287 290 290 290 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 507 Write 465 Mixed 428 SusWrite 340 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 38 142% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 268 226% 329 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 859GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 55 54 54 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 51.7 Mixed 36 SusWrite 54 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 46%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 744GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 98 97 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 97.2 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 112%

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Typical Z170-PREMIUM Builds (Compare 64 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PREMIUM

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	50x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	5x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	8x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GBCrucialBench 75%, 6 samples	3x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

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 $40	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