Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, 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	98.9% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 07:53
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 709 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 89% 108 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 101 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 145 44 125 136 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 502 Mixed 400 SusWrite 153 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.7 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 206 192% 295 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 182 190 186 190 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 178 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 187 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 591GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 133 135 133 131 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 185 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 132 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 46GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 108 Write 45 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 32.4 70% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 75% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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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 $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 $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