Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 533 69% 521 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 111% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 173 172 169 166 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 487 Mixed 376 SusWrite 190 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 62 213% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 906GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2448 2144 1185 1183 1189 1186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	358% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 2,338 Mixed 1,648 SusWrite 1,556 450% 2,005 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 87.9 295% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,818 DQ Write 1,422 DQ Mixed 1,585 1,195% 1,608 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 358% Great: 372%
WD WD10EZEX-08RKKA0 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 143 146 145 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 158 Write 140 Mixed 125 SusWrite 144 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.63 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 129 128 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 75 SusWrite 129 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 25.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 86%

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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
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	811x
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	229x

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 $184	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