Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '21 at 09:05
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 563 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 91.6 70% 94.2 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 86.7 76% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 103 107 107 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 452 Write 212 Mixed 268 SusWrite 114 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 39.2 142% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 348 253% 330 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 124%
UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power128 126GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 70GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 12 24 12 15 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	9.82% Terrible	Read 25.7 Write 8.2 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 15.8 16% 14 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.82% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,034x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	131x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	26x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16