Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 17:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	13%

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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 248 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 600 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.17% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.72 8% 9.44 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 10.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3095 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (A2) Unknown 100 100 183 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524311 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6734	52.3% Above average	Read 506 Write 287 Mixed 309 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 8.2 44% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 7.96 13% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUS726040ALA610 4TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: A5GNT7J7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 151 151 30085153162 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3701 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3701 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799543842 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 168 Write 127 Mixed 176 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3419 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 33 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 95.1 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.31 134% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GNT Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%

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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	1,138x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	921x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	527x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	550x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	535x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	163x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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