Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.7% 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	81.2% 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	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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 17:01
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 789 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 04C7) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.2.0.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 23.7 13% 18.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 14.9 12% 15 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 181GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 259 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188980002850 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 456805838 (F7) Unknown 100 100 14290996 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4775182	88.4% Excellent	Read 514 Write 392 Mixed 411 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 28.7 123% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 16.9 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 113%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979937313 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1444236166 (F7) Unknown 100 100 45616978 (F8) Unknown 100 100 44630095	81.2% Excellent	Read 508 Write 324 Mixed 386 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 15.5 107% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 15.5 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 97%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 119GB free, PID a82a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.6% Below average	Read 105 Write 54.2 Mixed 99.6 106% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.21 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 1.01 103% 3.15 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,026x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	129x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16