Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	111% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	44 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 02:43
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 225 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 489 58% 451 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 129 Parallax 102 103% 119 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12524 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 712 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114239 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 197569740829 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3491 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1793 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1289 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 127 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1224320	97.4% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 508 Mixed 510 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.6 112% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 14 91% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10458 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 153 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27434944889	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 399 Mixed 417 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 46 176% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 27.6 90% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6021743 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 1649267463826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 238 (B1) Unknown 0 0 162 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 45 1009320263709 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 1009320263709 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6021743 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6021743 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6021743 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31135 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8087 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8087 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8660	77.5% Very good	Read 487 Write 175 Mixed 226 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 16.6 132% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 65.1 90% 165 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 180 7316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 235066 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 39 (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	44.9% Average	Read 76.2 Write 80.3 Mixed 70.4 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 854GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 178 7033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 201167 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 41 (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	50.6% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 90.6 Mixed 79.5 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 665GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1841 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 437398 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 35 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91% Outstanding	MC Read 31 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 140%

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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	1,019x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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