Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 16:15
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 274 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 759 72% 594 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1614 MHz, MLim: 1944 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 90.8 73% 91.3 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 74.3 66% 81.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1077 667 670 663 670 670 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,537 Write 1,332 Mixed 1,175 SusWrite 736 268% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 89.1 299% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,123 DQ Write 1,023 DQ Mixed 1,065 801% 1,070 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 103GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 484 480 425 388 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 373 SusWrite 434 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.2 224% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 174 183 183 177 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 128 Write 143 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 174 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 224% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 115%

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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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