Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	109% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '22 at 18:38
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 746 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

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: 512.59 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 140 91 94 84 92 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 396 Mixed 379 SusWrite 159 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.9 206% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 656GB free Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1981 1707 1717 1726 1732 1730 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 1,978 Write 2,130 Mixed 1,760 SusWrite 1,766 430% 1,908 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 74.5 260% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,382 DQ Write 1,020 DQ Mixed 1,185 890% 1,195 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 349%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 133GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 74 71 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 98.2 Write 87.7 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 72.4 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 218 219 218 219 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 123 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 215 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Memorex USB Flash Drive 248GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 194GB free, PID 7722 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 13 12 14 11 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 29.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 12.7 25% 20 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVS F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVS 32GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 63: 7R 7G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
63%	47%	45	319	252	60	47.1"	1920 1080	VIZ0050 VL260M

History: Score 27: 3R 3G 3B | Score 38: 4R 4G 6B | Score 63: 7R 7G 7B

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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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