Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	331% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 23:14
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 735 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 88% 110 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 98 Splatting 80.7 73% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1743 1747 1718 1634 1585 1521 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,504 Write 1,970 Mixed 1,259 SusWrite 1,658 413% 1,848 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 77.7 276% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 973 734% 986 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 393%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 682GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 303 302 295 291 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 432 Mixed 324 SusWrite 304 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.8 175% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 230 202% 304 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 151 160 160 162 159 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 85.5 Write 144 Mixed 20 SusWrite 158 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 909GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 108 100 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 98.8 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

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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