Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	165% 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.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '21 at 02:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$300 588,541 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 241 90% 155 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 695 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 695 47% 695 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 369,988 User benchmarks, average bench 153% Asus(1043 8842) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 237 Reflection 216 Parallax 240 192% 231 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 158 Splatting 140 133% 167 fps
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 167%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$70 247,409 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1655 Write 1,222 Mixed 532 250% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 46.1 185% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 792 DQ Mixed 612 542% 821 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 240%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 518,886 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 455GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 116 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 33.8 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 32 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	7	60	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0C4D U28E590

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $300Bench 83%, 588,541 samples	7,211x
Core i5-6600KIntel $215Bench 79%, 351,967 samples	5,196x
Core i7-6700Intel $300Bench 75%, 265,119 samples	1,065x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	2,865x
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 105%, 915,325 samples	1,559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,300,415 samples	1,538x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 849,566 samples	1,444x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 110%, 710,750 samples	1,294x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 594,660 samples	491x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 83%, 540,354 samples	1,184x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 96,275 samples	737x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples	730x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16