Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	133% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 09:43
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 254 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 684 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.1 85% 102 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 95 Splatting 95.8 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 868GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 483 487 477 481 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 448 Mixed 445 SusWrite 481 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.4 218% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Spcc 2.5" SSD 1TB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 954GB free Firmware: S1224A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 453 454 447 450 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 429 Mixed 345 SusWrite 452 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 32.2 156% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 48.7 88% 165 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 337GB free Firmware: S0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 453 378 20 20 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 468 Write 435 Mixed 339 SusWrite 225 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 31.9 146% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 48.7 88% 167 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 109GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 101 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 31.4 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 135%

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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	636x

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	738x

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	550x
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 $179	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