Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 669 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 96 91% 107 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 99.7 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 206 170 127 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 370 SusWrite 178 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59.3 200% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 96GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 480 478 483 343 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 482 Mixed 412 SusWrite 406 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.5 196% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 173GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 113 114 115 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 95 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 114 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500NM0011 500GB-$66 1,945 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 247GB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 140 130 123 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 134 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 109%

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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	3,882x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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