Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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	251% 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	39.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '20 at 06:58
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 94.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 785 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 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 CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 158 Parallax 147 131% 155 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 114% 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-$100 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 478 480 1115 914 852 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,608 Write 1,648 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 684 347% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 57.1 204% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,236 DQ Write 661 DQ Mixed 790 629% 895 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 370%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 477GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1508 1526 1511 1526 1519 1479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,511 Write 1499 Mixed 1,106 SusWrite 1,511 317% 1,407 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 81.7 295% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 276 356% 629 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 295%
Ct1000p1 SSD8 P3CR 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 482GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 247 252 515 435 413 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: 61 87 95 108 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 92.3 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 94.9 57% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.9% 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% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16