Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	265% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 02:50
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 281 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 779 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 87% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 822GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1402 1054 995 1005 1005 1005 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,132 Write 973 Mixed 1,402 SusWrite 1,078 259% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 80.7 286% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,594 DQ Write 1352 DQ Mixed 1,461 1,098% 1,469 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 298%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 116GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 416 482 287 287 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 439 Mixed 425 SusWrite 343 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.8 202% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 156GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 901 905 904 881 885 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 851 Mixed 855 SusWrite 896 253% 1,143 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 52.4 246% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 405 378% 609 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 712GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 160 160 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 152 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 160 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 35 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 33 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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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	3,882x
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