Asus Z170-P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 03:11
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 658 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 112% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HCP725032GLA380 320GB 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM3OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 57 66 63 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 77 Write 69.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 58.6 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 213GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 73 71 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 82.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 43 SusWrite 73.3 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 126GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 113GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 6.8 5.9 8 3.3 7.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 25 Write 11.5 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 6.5 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1 53% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 110%

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

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Typical Z170-P Builds (Compare 4,211 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,141x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	926x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	530x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	551x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	536x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	293x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	197x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	165x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	129x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16