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Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 17:06
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SYC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$127 588,978 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 (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 239 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 734 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 82 Parallax 73 63% 77.5 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 71 Splatting 64.3 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$87 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,879 Write 1,440 Mixed 524 282% 1,281 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 49.6 182% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 812 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 658 516% 714 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 54GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 104 109 134 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 506 Write 454 Mixed 363 SusWrite 128 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 37.8 138% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 194 144% 199 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 34GB free Firmware: B090522a SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 3.7 3.5 2.1 2.3 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Read 7 Write 3 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 3.7 3% 13 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 5.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 9,205 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $256

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,115x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,514x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	672x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,404x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	779x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	634x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	582x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	246x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	576x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	394x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	312x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $802

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