Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '21 at 11:20
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 454 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 102 Parallax 91.6 80% 97 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 88.6 73% 88.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 445 Mixed 319 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 41.2 161% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 311 242% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba MG05ACA800E 8TB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1.5TB free Firmware: GX4K SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 144 143 141 142 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 139 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 141 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 187% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 133%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 293GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 117 108 103 88 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 139 Write 107 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 97.5 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 401GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 130 129 131 131 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 90.4 Write 95.8 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 128 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-058.A00G 2x8GB 2,759 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.8 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 7: 1R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
7%	8%	40	108	5	60	72.3"	3072 1296	GSMC0C8 LG TV SSCR

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $300	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 $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