Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.24% 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	109% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 12:39
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 469 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.94 6% 9.02 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.3 9% 9.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 287692068	109% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 396 Mixed 420 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 48.8 166% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 129 144% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung PM830 512GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17214 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2656 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 285 (B2) Unknown 95 95 394 (B3) Unknown 95 95 762 (B4) Unknown 95 95 15366 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 43 (E8) Unknown 95 95 7670 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34481683807 (F2) Unknown 99 99 32869216562	51.5% Above average	Read 362 Write 229 Mixed 112 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 13.7 53% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 49.9 64% 121 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 203GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 28 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.6% Good	Read 116 Write 98.2 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.36 135% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 14GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 137 134 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 446 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 379 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 31 (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 0	37% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 66.2 Mixed 64.4 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 1x16GB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 13 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 43%

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Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,137x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	524x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	548x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	535x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	162x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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