Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.6% 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 Drive	The 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.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 11:11
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 227 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 612 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% 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. 27.20.100.9466 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	2.48% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 6.8 Parallax 7.9 0% 4.93 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.1 7% 8.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.48% Great: 6%
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Asus(1043 0583) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 122 Parallax 155 85% 127 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 108 Splatting 80 77% 96.2 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 34GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 425 385 195 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 413 Mixed 398 SusWrite 285 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 54 180% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Samsung PSSD T7 2TB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 340 265 265 261 298 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 282 Write 324 Mixed 300 SusWrite 295 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 26.2 84% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 192 140% 180 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 136 116 111 144 165 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 183 Write 170 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 130 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 430GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 38 37 37 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 32.5 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 37.9 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 Kingston 9905622-057.A00G Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 26: 2R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	26%	46	312	237	75	24"	1920 1080	AOC2460 2460

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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	1,134x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	522x

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	289x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	194x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	161x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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