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Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics105% 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 Drive72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
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MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 09 '18 at 20:40
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 95.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 244
90% 158 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 732
72% 586 Pts
64-Core 739
46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑
This bench: 88.5%
 Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
EVGA(3842 6286)
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 136
Parallax 106
107% 124 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 148
Splatting 116
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑
This bench: 105%
 Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 M.2 2280 128GB
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20100P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 121 119 90 75 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Read 333
Write 123
Mixed 218
SusWrite 113
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 92
4K Mixed 31.5
136% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 339
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 190
156% 228 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑
This bench: 72.2%
 Great: 82%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
20GB free
Firmware: M0CR031
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 407
Write 358
Mixed 389
86% 385 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 42.2
154% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 331
248% 329 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB
848GB free
Firmware: 2BA30004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 104 98 102 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
57.7% Above average
Read 98.3
Write 103
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 103
67% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑
This bench: 57.7%
 Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 22.8
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 26.4
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 56.3
71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑
This bench: 80.7%
 Great: 90%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,726 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples639x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples811x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples738x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples230x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples299x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $660
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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