Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	305% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '21 at 10:37
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 257 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 783 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 106 Parallax 97 79% 100 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 95.2 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1306 1061 1038 994 946 911 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,323 Write 2,072 Mixed 1,353 SusWrite 1,043 379% 1,698 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 86.5 291% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,436 DQ Write 1,181 DQ Mixed 1,301 976% 1,306 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 372%
Intel X25-M 120GB 1,606 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 27GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 106 116 105 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 238 Write 112 Mixed 137 SusWrite 110 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 10.1 82% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 84.2 74% 111 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 46%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 124 122 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 397 Write 138 Mixed 175 SusWrite 124 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.2 163% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 114 100% 151 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 343GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 51 Mixed 25.2 29% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 122 122 122 121 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 104 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 120 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 30 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 43: 5R 4G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
43%	47%	32	291	210	240	31.5"	2560 1440	SAM7058 LC32G7xT

History: Score 51: 7R 4G 4B | Score 43: 5R 4G 6B

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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	3,877x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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