Asus Z170-PREMIUM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PREMIUM (all builds)
Memory	39.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '20 at 15:52
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 736 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 90% 108 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 80 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 118GB free Firmware: BXW24H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 404 266 249 280 309 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 93%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 631GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 144 149 149 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 137 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 148 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 110%
ST4000DM 005-2DP166 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2.5TB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 14 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14% Very poor	Read 37 Write 37.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 14.9 39% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 20%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 501GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 14 14 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 38 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 13.3 37% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 19%
ST4000DM 005-2DP166 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1TB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 14 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.9% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 14.8 39% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-8GTZSK Patriot 3200 C16 Series F4-3200C14-8GTZSK Patriot 3200 C16 Series 48GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.4 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 31.1 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GBCrucialBench 75%, 6 samples	3x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,000

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16