Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	300% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 133 2-Core 224 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 743 80% 635 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 63.2 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 61 Splatting 56.4 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 761GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2101 2081 1222 1159 1166 1170 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,377 Write 2,102 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 1,483 391% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 30 208% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,237 DQ Write 1,225 DQ Mixed 1,299 957% 1,254 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 372%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 29GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 128 114 119 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 123 Write 193 Mixed 152 SusWrite 123 34% 148 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 34.2 151% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 161 125% 169 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 43GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,981 Write 1,429 Mixed 919 318% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 68.5 257% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,281 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 504 461% 730 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 67 67 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 79 Write 77.7 Mixed 34 SusWrite 65.2 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 87%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 598GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 118 118 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 118 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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