Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 19:21
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 720 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 155 Parallax 165 132% 161 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 397 393 422 404 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 434 Mixed 223 SusWrite 383 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 36.3 162% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 152 160% 265 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 423 428 455 443 385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 465 Mixed 448 SusWrite 427 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65.4 223% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 92GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 395 391 402 380 350 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 400 Mixed 244 SusWrite 386 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 37.2 167% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 145 154% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 33GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 37 35 34 35 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 38.7 Mixed 33 SusWrite 35.7 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 0GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 37.5 Write 9.2 Mixed 12.5 20% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 115% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 2x16GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,380x
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