Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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.
Boot Drive	333% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	57.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 08:26
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 807 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB; ROG-STRIX-RTX2070S-A8G-GAMING CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 154 Parallax 154 131% 156 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 113% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2057 2227 2262 1362 1258 918 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,675 Write 2,341 Mixed 1595 SusWrite 1,681 464% 2,073 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 70.7 237% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,223 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 1,118 838% 1,120 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 370%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 368 355 320 280 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 419 Mixed 332 SusWrite 326 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 41.5 147% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 135 126% 189 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 105%
Ct1000p1 SSD8 P3CR 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 482GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 760 761 761 759 761 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 73% Great: 83%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 98 79 103 80 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 20.7 Write 71.8 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 93.4 34% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G32C16U4W.M16FE1 BLS16G4D32AEST.M16FE BL16G32C16U4W.M16FE1 BLS16G4D32AEST.M16FE 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2667, 2400, 2667, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
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 $279	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 $184	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