Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 711 66% 551 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 49 66 40 3.2 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 300 Write 119 Mixed 243 SusWrite 30.4 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 17.2 94% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 4 DQ Write 0.4 DQ Mixed 1.3 1% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 860GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 172 172 173 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 166 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 171 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 1x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 47%

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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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Gaming 86%

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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 $242Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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