Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 23:56
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$81 342,244 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)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 499 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.4 93% 110 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 92 113 193 214 228 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.9% Below average	Read 226 Write 15.3 Mixed 142 SusWrite 159 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 6.3 24% 8 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 28.3 51% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 76%
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 168GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 247 254 177 184 266 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.2% Average	Read 274 Write 258 Mixed 241 SusWrite 229 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 12.9 43% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 138 102% 135 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 114%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 319GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 225 249 249 269 253 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.2% Average	Read 224 Write 237 Mixed 175 SusWrite 246 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 11 37% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 118 91% 125 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.9 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $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	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