Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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.
Boot Drive	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	53.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 19:13
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 681 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 137 Parallax 144 122% 144 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 139 Splatting 108 114% 145 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 100 35 78 54 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 467 Write 308 Mixed 343 SusWrite 89.6 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 7.1 83% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 87.1 99% 161 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 89%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 394GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 459 449 458 457 306 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 467 Mixed 453 SusWrite 416 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 45.9 156% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 294 225% 302 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 143 127 129 132 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 451 Write 168 Mixed 205 SusWrite 135 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 39 155% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 164 121% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$24 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 191GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 60 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 47 Write 41.8 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 61.4 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 225GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 69 68 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 70.2 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2800C16 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2A2800C16 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 86%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,949x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,421x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	648x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	746x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	609x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $798

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $229	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397