Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 16:35
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 733 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 105% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 734 686 670 651 636 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,210 Mixed 805 SusWrite 696 263% 1,190 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 63.8 235% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 456 430% 696 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 283%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 661GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 107 125 128 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 120 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 201% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 113%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 743GB free, PID 50a1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 75 82 86 34 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 75 Write 69.8 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 74.7 82% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 49%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free, PID ab34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 152 151 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 106 Write 75.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 150 121% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.7 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 31 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,019x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	106x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	24x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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