Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	294% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 05:54
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7300-$42 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 231 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 358 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3732) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 37.2 32% 36 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 36 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,730 Write 1,361 Mixed 1,663 422% 1,918 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 68.8 263% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 224 237% 395 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 292%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 685GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204825855 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 21510095997 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1829 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 55835426845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 470810652 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 25 204825855 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 98.1 Mixed 90.6 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.56 129% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 364GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 95 93560009 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169222011 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1206 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538050592 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 57 218338432 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.5% Average	Read 71.7 Write 69.2 Mixed 68.2 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 230GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102994139 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1046 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 705757214 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 61 32093338 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	54.9% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 97.3 Mixed 92.6 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 48%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,135x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	522x

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	289x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	194x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	161x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

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

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

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) $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