Asus Z170-P D3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	159% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P D3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '24 at 00:36
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 496 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 63.5 52% 66 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 55.6 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC511 HFM256GDJTNI-82A0A 256GB 8,367 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 338 341 335 335 338 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 881 Mixed 849 SusWrite 350 170% 757 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 66.3 212% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 469 429% 654 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 183%
HX120GSSDSATA3 120GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 40GB free Firmware: 2A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 392 384 203 41 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 434 Write 392 Mixed 357 SusWrite 230 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 25.2 115% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 38.7 83% 164 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1697 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 59: 0P 5R 10G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
59%	37%	52	215	58	100	23.8"	1280 720	LEN66D7 G24e-20

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-P D3 - $150

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	228x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	133x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	90x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	78x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	61x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	36x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	15x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $263

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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