Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 13:03
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 801 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Nvidia(10DE 097A) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW24H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1552 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 238 (AA) Unknown 99 99 471 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 72 (AE) Unknown 99 99 61 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 43 45 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0
Poor: 74% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 204325104 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25598392 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -56165287327556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11648 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 98784247842 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 112124416230275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4359725662 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4698449156	77.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 135 Mixed 103 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 144210229 (03) Spinup time 98 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 18288797 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 113009179494613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11067 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 98784247843 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97371203568470 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1245014337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2931348469	79.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 107 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 105%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6344176 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6730720 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8267 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 103079215139 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -71987946846502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5321956113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43799809940	69.5% Good	Read 93.5 Write 148 Mixed 136 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.51 184% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 867GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96171024 (03) Spinup time 98 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49462762 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2323 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164167 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 292647272483 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1064 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110392 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95339684031013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36770798439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76708844541	78% Very good	Read 157 Write 115 Mixed 111 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.04 28% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 419GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 77 2 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 93 (03) Spinup time 119 100 12897878204 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 262148 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 93 93 524287 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 38655885700 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 539099170 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1933 (C2) HDA temperature 176 130 219044511778 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 49	62.9% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 120 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 29.9 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 32.8 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 135%

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

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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