Asus Z170-P

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-P  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime7.1 Days
Run DateApr 22 '21 at 10:49
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 111
2-Core 218
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 577
62% 495 Pts
64-Core 565
35% 565 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 7.1
Reflection 6.9
Parallax 7.9
6% 7.3 fps
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 0.1
3% 3.6 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%
AMD RX 5700-$275
Asus(1043 0583) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 4.6
Parallax 162
87% 91.2 fps
MRender 94.1
Gravity 104
Splatting 78.8
74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140
45GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 204 169 166 166 165 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 454
Write 423
Mixed 389
SusWrite 217
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 59
187% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 166
178% 296 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 106%
Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
657GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 121 106 108 73 57 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
66.7% Good
Read 142
Write 192
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 90.6
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 Kingston 9905622-057.A00G Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
43.4% Average
MC Read 13.4
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 13.1
41% 14.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 16
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 76.3
52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-P Builds (Compare 4,214 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $531
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