Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 14:29
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 640 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 65.1 57% 69.4 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 60.3 55% 67.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 480GB-$85 712 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 124 147 114 161 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 448 Write 253 Mixed 268 SusWrite 140 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 28.1 97% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 106 89% 134 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 59 58 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 178 Write 142 Mixed 81 SusWrite 58.5 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 113%
WD WD40EURX 4TB-$113 567 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 414GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 84.3 Write 85.5 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 83.8 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 94%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 16GB 2,897 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 8 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 11.2 21% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 123% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 27.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

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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	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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