Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	90.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 235 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 407 51% 389 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.3 89% 105 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 101 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8797 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 96 96 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20575761716	90.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 403 Mixed 409 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 25.1 139% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 87.2 75% 105 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Ultra Slim MT 2TB 1,663 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 80.7 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 4.26 4K Mixed 0.6 199% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 66%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 128GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 55GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 23.3 Mixed 20.6 32% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.68 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 1.47 153% 4.08 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 7.4 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 57%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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