Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	200% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 12:24
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 225 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 603 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 103 Parallax 91.7 78% 97 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 75 64% 78.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 562GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,546 Write 1,288 Mixed 1,325 309% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 32.3 157% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 31.7 92% 198 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 363%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4303225454 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 604831780 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 143171 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 143171 (F2) Unknown 100 100 309108	89.3% Excellent	Read 383 Write 408 Mixed 399 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 30.7 120% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 159 153% 241 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 110%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8687 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4303290979 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 604831780 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 811307 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 811307 (F2) Unknown 100 100 936784	90.8% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 408 Mixed 401 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 33.5 122% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 162 157% 248 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 887GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 282 Write 279 Mixed 272 209% 278 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 0.63 182% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 173%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 143 11266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (10) Unknown 104 96 1841581928363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1245 (C2) HDA temperature 102 94 50 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 201 Write 95.5 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 143 11158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (10) Unknown 79 121 1389178090865 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1225 (C2) HDA temperature 103 94 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 118 Mixed 141 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x4GB 1,630 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 108%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,020x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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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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