Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	202% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 13:54
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 512 73% 536 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3745 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 91.9 81% 96.2 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 78.4 76% 96.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 418 337 244 235 227 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,562 Write 1,387 Mixed 1,074 SusWrite 362 245% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 72.9 238% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1132 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 1,001 741% 985 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 237%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 121 118 117 118 117 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 148 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 117 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 691GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 121 120 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 119 Write 127 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 85%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170-P Builds (Compare 4,194 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	921x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	525x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	550x
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	195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	163x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

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 $45	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