Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	230% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 143 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 775 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 193 Parallax 185 139% 183 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 169 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1579 992 574 569 565 573 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1924 Write 1727 Mixed 586 SusWrite 809 281% 1,261 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 49.1 198% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 985 DQ Mixed 720 615% 900 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 121 123 120 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 382 Write 154 Mixed 199 SusWrite 119 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.7 160% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 162 123% 168 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 97GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 247 238 233 222 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 265 Mixed 269 SusWrite 234 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.1 160% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 154 145% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 91%
hp v165w 64GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 19GB free, PID 5307 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.57% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 0.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 24.1 15% 12 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.57% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 120%

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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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
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 $131	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) $34	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