Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	108% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 06:02
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 263 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 737 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 86% 109 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 95 56 58 59 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 461 Mixed 374 SusWrite 96.2 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 60.3 217% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 52 124% 258 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free Firmware: CXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 312 232 177 161 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 404 Write 229 Mixed 241 SusWrite 208 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 23.2 95% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 24.1 62% 136 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 333 319 319 318 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 425 Mixed 384 SusWrite 310 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 56.7 216% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 55.5 126% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 772GB free Firmware: N100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 390 380 392 389 389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 370 Mixed 298 SusWrite 362 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 36.9 156% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 35 95% 202 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 37.3 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 37.4 48% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 44%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 23 Write 19.5 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 17.9 27% 20 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 44%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 38 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.3 Mixed 28 SusWrite 37 47% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 44%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 736GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 9.1 10 8.5 8.6 9.9 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 132 Write 120 Mixed 70 SusWrite 12.2 103% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 50%
WDC WD75 00AACS-00ZJB0 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 106GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 61 62 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 65.5 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 61.2 81% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

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

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $270

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,956x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,430x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	649x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	825x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	748x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	611x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	237x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $859

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353