Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	99.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 19:53
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 566 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 125 Parallax 127 114% 131 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 123 Splatting 98.3 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 357 440 458 460 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 453 Mixed 376 SusWrite 417 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.5 138% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 342 257% 343 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 651GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2169 2100 1450 1431 1499 1517 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,259 Write 2,135 Mixed 1,702 SusWrite 1,694 438% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 74.3 250% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1259 DQ Write 1134 DQ Mixed 1,194 896% 1,196 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 410%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 923GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 128 129 126 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 134 Write 120 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 127 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 527GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 37 47% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 29,525 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 120%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $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	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 $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 $40	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