Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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	97.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 680 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 106 Parallax 116 92% 112 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 115 Splatting 89.9 94% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 173 170 173 165 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 494 Mixed 387 SusWrite 203 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.3 164% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 205 189% 289 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 76GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,024 Write 1,497 Mixed 737 312% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 57.9 239% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 1,288 DQ Mixed 711 673% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 218GB free Firmware: 3.CHN SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 77 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 73.7 Write 46.3 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 77.3 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V -63 1TB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 246GB free Firmware: AX001Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 78 79 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 79.7 43% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 28.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 107%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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