Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 02:24
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 262 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 579 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 125 Parallax 102 91% 113 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 466 Mixed 402 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 48.6 159% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 270 152% 145 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 165GB free Firmware: CV23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 106 115 156 121 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 138 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 121 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 143 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 188 Mixed 121 SusWrite 124 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 26GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 110 113 110 112 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 65.2 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 111 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH36-135-K 2x8GB 1,261 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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