Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 12:52
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 228 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 683 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.9 87% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 100 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 183 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 11.9 92% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 139 105% 139 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 86%
Hitachi TOURO Mobile 1TB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 751GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 96 92 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.3 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 94.2 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 843GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 156 157 158 153 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 157 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 186% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 157 159 159 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 76 Write 162 Mixed 26 SusWrite 158 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.8 337% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 27.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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