Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 04:41
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 708 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.3 87% 107 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 370 437 400 293 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 460 Mixed 378 SusWrite 343 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 66.8 228% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 168GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 140 152 134 159 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 331 Write 206 Mixed 247 SusWrite 151 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 43.5 182% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 229 176% 241 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 710GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 98 132 135 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 179 Write 87.8 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 96.5 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 108%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 138 138 137 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 82 SusWrite 137 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 211% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 83%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 106 103 104 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 106 124% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 104%

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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 $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