Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 582 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 149 Parallax 144 115% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2136 Write 1,374 Mixed 612 301% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 66.7 258% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,107 DQ Write 1,277 DQ Mixed 1,020 816% 1,134 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 83 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 93 Write 87.5 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 84 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 49GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 105 103 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 9.3 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 104 45% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 102 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 104 SusWrite 102 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 83%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 579GB free Firmware: AY000U SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 72 72 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 71 Write 68 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 72.1 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 61%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 129 129 130 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 139 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 129 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	549x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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