Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '19 at 10:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 791 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 44.8 86% 88.5 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 249 244 240 234 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,409 Write 1,385 Mixed 1,172 SusWrite 286 290% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 82 281% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,217 DQ Mixed 1,009 785% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 674GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 477 470 483 483 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 437 SusWrite 473 108% 477 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68.3 231% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 201 201 198 200 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 150 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 196 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 106 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 106 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 106 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 196 196 194 198 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 151 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 196 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

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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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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 $250Bench 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 $46

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