Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.79% 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	194% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 247 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 731 70% 578 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 3150) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	5.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 5.65 Parallax 6.22 6% 6.5 fps	MRender 5.48 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 6.87 5% 5.92 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 5.79% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE2MW400G4 400GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 909 919 908 911 894 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 705 Write 918 Mixed 571 SusWrite 908 176% 775 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 52.5 222% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 932 708% 957 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 230%
USB 3.0 1TB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 741GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 84 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 75.2 Write 74.7 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 82.4 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 100%
WD 5000AAV External 500GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 412GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 39.3 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 41.6 49% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%
Samsung STORY Station 1.5TB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 5f06 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 40.2 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 42.2 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 28.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 136%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PREMIUM

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	50x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	5x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	8x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GBCrucialBench 75%, 6 samples	3x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

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) $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