Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 17:47
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 485 58% 444 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3730) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.8% Below average	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 134 Parallax 112 0% 81.9 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 128 Splatting 111 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitach HDS721010DLE630 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 88 58 64 78 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 74.1 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 914GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 174 178 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 149 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 178 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.9 361% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 97%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,903x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,390x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	602x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16