Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	47.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 05:51
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 698 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 197 Parallax 180 149% 187 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 179 Splatting 124 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis Ultra II 480GB 795GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 80 77 79 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 423 Write 83 Mixed 124 SusWrite 78.6 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 23.5 106% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 112 89% 126 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 769GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 361 465 471 473 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 418 SusWrite 436 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.7 195% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 135%
Sandis Ultra II 480GB 862GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 362 466 471 473 470 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 404 SusWrite 436 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47.3 168% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s

Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 168 165 166 171 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 158 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 166 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 131 136 142 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 73.7 Write 95.8 Mixed 13 SusWrite 136 57% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.2 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 153%

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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	3,893x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	638x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,322x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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