Asus Z170-P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160607
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 05:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 228 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 655 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 105 Parallax 103 104% 112 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 85.2 72% 87.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,204 Write 6,788 Mixed 6,795 1,548% 6,929 MB/s	4K Read 679 4K Write 307 4K Mixed 416 1,725% 467 MB/s	DQ Read 1,617 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1197 939% 1309 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 153GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 58 60 59 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 38 Write 55.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 58.1 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 208GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 155 153 150 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 102 Write 77 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 152 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FDD CT16G4DFD8213.C16FAD 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-P Builds (Compare 4,189 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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