Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	214% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 03:10
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 686 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 106% 131 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b512-q11 NVMe LITEON 512GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48911QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 958 1030 1086 1061 1034 1018 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,333 Write 647 Mixed 695 SusWrite 1,031 207% 926 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.1 195% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 754 DQ Mixed 726 576% 807 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 229%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 122GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 113 114 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 114 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 417GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 123 121 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 106 Write 128 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 122 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 191% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 67%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 151 152 152 150 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 119 SusWrite 150 194% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 125% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 18.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	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 $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