Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	151% 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	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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 23:47
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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 (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 719 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 84% 107 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 144 116 163 162 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,233 Write 211 Mixed 273 SusWrite 164 101% 470 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 52.4 201% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 328 327% 558 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 283%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 50GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 161 136 130 141 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 266 Write 386 Mixed 190 SusWrite 163 57% 251 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.1 187% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 171 177% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 117%
Kingston SKC6001024G 1TB 3,259 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 120GB free Firmware: S4500105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 442 461 467 465 468 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 477 Write 471 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 427 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 23.1 98% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 31.6 61% 132 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 148GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 134 134 135 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 105 Write 77.5 Mixed 71 SusWrite 132 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 173GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 96 98 98 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 58.6 Write 93.6 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 96.2 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 213% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 94%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 12GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 76 65 62 69 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 79.5 112% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 363GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 35.7 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 36.9 45% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 43% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 59%
Generic USB SD Reader 16GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID 0310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 20 19 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 15.9 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 19.7 20% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 108%

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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	3,903x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,389x
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	813x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	380x
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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $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