Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	125% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	56.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '19 at 16:59
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 726 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.73 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.1 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 356 290 292 287 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 458 Mixed 357 SusWrite 327 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.3 222% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 465 446 420 399 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 467 Mixed 362 SusWrite 426 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.7 229% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 269% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 465 467 470 469 464 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 444 Mixed 421 SusWrite 465 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.3 194% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 349 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 160 Mixed 87 SusWrite 159 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C14 4x16GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 147%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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