Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	311% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 18:54
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 243 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 636 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.8 85% 103 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 97 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 10 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 9 Splatting 19.9 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 479GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 1632 1799 1136 1121 1079 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,401 Write 1,921 Mixed 1505 SusWrite 1,297 398% 1,781 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 80.2 262% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 1,281 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 1,186 894% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 186 187 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 154 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 187 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 950GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 127 129 129 130 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 98.7 Mixed 85 SusWrite 130 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Spark 16GB 1,145 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 9GB free, PID 55a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 5 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Read 27.8 Write 7 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 5.6 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 2.6 122% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 93%

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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	3,953x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,426x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	649x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	824x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	747x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	611x
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 $39Bench 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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