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 (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	88.8% 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	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 @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 10:10
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 582 67% 522 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 492GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 481 484 482 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 478 Mixed 409 SusWrite 484 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.8 188% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 121%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 90 89 60 64 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 469 Write 116 Mixed 113 SusWrite 82.2 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.3 171% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 164 156% 247 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$47 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 198GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 197 198 199 199 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 484 Mixed 338 SusWrite 216 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.1 183% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 278 223% 316 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 155 157 156 157 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 152 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 154 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 17.5 Write 9.5 SusWrite 8.4 13% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 95%

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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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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