Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	274% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 12:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 299 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 580 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 153 Parallax 143 121% 148 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 1177 1318 1323 1309 1306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,310 Write 1,328 Mixed 387 SusWrite 1,276 241% 1,075 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 74.6 273% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,639 DQ Write 1,078 DQ Mixed 863 777% 1,193 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 292%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 552GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 408 444 424 422 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 436 Mixed 395 SusWrite 424 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 62.9 212% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 130 162% 287 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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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