Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	226% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 03:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 215 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 408 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.7 79% 99.4 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 95.4 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 439 423 417 407 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,055 Write 1,039 Mixed 1,513 SusWrite 452 281% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 71.2 221% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 961 DQ Mixed 892 714% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 355%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 74GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 132 133 132 132 132 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 336 Mixed 314 SusWrite 152 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 49 170% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 171 174% 282 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 430GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 167 170 169 169 168 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 120 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 166 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 930GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 97 96 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 99 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 95.7 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2242, 2242, 2242 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 76%

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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	1,138x
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	290x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	196x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16