Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% 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 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '22 at 02:54
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 219 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 615 68% 535 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 7500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 129 Parallax 125 88% 121 fps	MRender 156 Gravity 120 Splatting 106 102% 127 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 453 302 279 277 283 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 368 Mixed 372 SusWrite 333 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 34 118% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 283 232% 330 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 109%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 304 302 301 303 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 465 Mixed 387 SusWrite 318 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 204 201 209 208 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 201 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 206 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 212% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 879GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 70 Write 73.5 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 47 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 46%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 862GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 98 97 99 96 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 95 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 96.8 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 CMD64GX4M8A2400C14 CMD64GX4M8A2400C14 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 31 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 28.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170-PREMIUM Builds (Compare 64 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GBCrucialBench 75%, 6 samples	3x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $1,050

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16