Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	119% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 02:30
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 691 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 260 234 108 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 770 Mixed 611 SusWrite 198 129% 575 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 51.1 188% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 310 275% 400 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 147GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 446 441 444 437 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 446 Mixed 426 SusWrite 443 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 49.2 173% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 291 230% 318 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 717GB free Firmware: G005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 103 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 58 SusWrite 105 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 137 138 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 136 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 96%
Drobo DroboElite 4.5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 44 44 42 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 55.5 Write 31.7 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 43.1 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 257% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 29.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 107%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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