Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	119% 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	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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '23 at 21:32
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 656 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 810 176 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1163) 2GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.44 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 12 Parallax 11.7 12% 12.8 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 16 Splatting 10.7 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 142 143 152 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 335 Mixed 376 SusWrite 152 100% 457 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 40.5 154% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 306 282% 456 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 620GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 151 154 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 154 Mixed 100 SusWrite 153 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 132%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	100	27"	1280 720	AOC2701 Q27G1WG4

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,031x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	26x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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