Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 20:46
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 593 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.16 4% 4.32 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 87 73 63 71 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 469 Write 459 Mixed 284 SusWrite 93.3 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 48.5 165% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 231 194% 283 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 741GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 159 160 160 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 105 SusWrite 158 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba 3.5"External Har 2TB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 0b20 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 109 109 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 109 Write 119 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 110 132% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 50%
SanDisk SSD PLUS 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 107GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 43 42 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	Read 40.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 41.9 55% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 8.3 634% 9.37 MB/s	DQ Read 10.3 DQ Write 7.6 DQ Mixed 8.5 586% 8.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 27.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,881x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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