Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 03:00
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 723 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.1% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 30.8 27% 33.8 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 42.8 34% 40.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,690 Write 7,972 Mixed 7,882 1,757% 7,848 MB/s	4K Read 461 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 320 1,245% 346 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 961 747% 1,030 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 62GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 132 Mixed 129 SusWrite 130 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 18.9 117% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 48.9 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 419GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2035 760 614 613 613 613 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,499 Mixed 1,240 SusWrite 875 315% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 83.7 279% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 981 DQ Mixed 1,014 764% 1,023 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 193 192 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 195 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 193 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 404% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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