Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 717 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 190 Parallax 174 142% 180 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 170 Splatting 125 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD30EZRZ-00WN9B0 500GB 46GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 446 447 453 453 454 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 503 Write 463 Mixed 442 SusWrite 444 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.6 189% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 293 240% 341 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 60GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 295 170 160 156 153 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 455 SusWrite 227 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.4 206% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 477 Mixed 390 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.6 209% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 148GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 428 427 415 392 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 477 Mixed 406 SusWrite 414 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.4 216% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 3TB 449GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 128 128 125 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 81.3 Write 73.2 Mixed 62 SusWrite 127 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s

Terra Master DAS 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 503GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.3 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 39 Write 40 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 7.4 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 124%
Terra Master DAS 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 660GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 40.2 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 6.6 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 71%
Terra Master DAS 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 926GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 39 Write 40.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 11 23% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 71%
Terra Master DAS 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 8.1 8 8.3 8.6 8.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.5% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 17 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 8.3 16% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 14%
Seagate ST6000DM0003 6TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: DNA2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 215 214 216 215 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 59% Great: 93%
Terra Master DAS 6TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 952GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 40.2 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 10.8 24% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.9 210% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 114%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,399x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16