Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	127% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 15:43
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 786 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 199 Parallax 178 146% 185 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 179 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 414 467 494 383 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 463 SusWrite 415 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.6 209% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 73GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 295 316 320 312 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 331 Mixed 312 SusWrite 300 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.3 162% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 149 141% 215 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 420GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 103 103 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 64.8 Write 58.6 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 103 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

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

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $295	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