Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	160% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '16 at 07:33
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 263 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 682 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6386) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 129% 150 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 147 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 634 Mixed 899 213% 966 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 28.8 179% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 28.7 101% 225 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 243%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 107GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 100 1305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1383 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1434 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1415 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 206158430242 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 289405 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4275 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4326	74.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 363 Mixed 409 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 4.29 108% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 30.2 36% 60 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 86%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 97GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -17274357552090 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2751 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2316 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2316 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 266745 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 37 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 266745 (F2) Unknown 100 100 157952 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10224	75.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 231 Mixed 278 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.6 134% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 39.2 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 15.7 29% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 245GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2809 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 398 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5232 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 12	56.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.9 Mixed 97.6 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.45 124% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3333 C16 4x8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 137%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,020x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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