Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.72% 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	222% 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	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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 730 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.78 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 175GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18210661336860 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 49 68722688029 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 386249 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 386249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 306746 (F9) Unknown 100 100 58254	70% Good	Read 360 Write 274 Mixed 275 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 20.1 103% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 64 83% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,218 Write 1,124 Mixed 1,291 340% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 36.6 182% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 96.8 116% 199 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
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 as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 191642893 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2804174 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42752104464657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (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 74 70 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 150 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 99806450024715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 976757948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 192056141	88.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 126 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 105%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 186 1358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3066 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12917 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1168	56.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 83.9 Mixed 98.2 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 33 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 32.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

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 $300	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