Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	87.1% 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '20 at 07:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 427 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 106 Parallax 101 84% 103 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 94.3 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$93 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 279 152 335 149 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 448 Write 381 Mixed 323 SusWrite 220 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.5 146% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 254 188% 247 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%
Crucial_CT275MX300SSD1 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 824GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 180 183 183 183 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 101 SusWrite 182 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 5% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 15%
Transcend SSD320 256GB-$419 137 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 93GB free Firmware: 5.0.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 221 219 222 223 224 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 246 Write 347 Mixed 301 SusWrite 224 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.4 168% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 167 160% 251 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 539GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 158 159 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 168 Mixed 111 SusWrite 159 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $300	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