Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 12:47
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 796 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 76.8 66% 78.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 73.7 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 191 170 108 125 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 876 Write 568 Mixed 553 SusWrite 199 122% 549 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49.1 174% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 322 265% 371 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 157%
WD Blue 250GB-$80 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 41GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 181 162 196 197 78 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 456 Write 389 Mixed 330 SusWrite 187 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 35.8 122% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 253 214% 313 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 100%
Intel SSDSC2KF256H6L 256GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 51GB free Firmware: LBFL10P SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 104 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 486 Write 377 Mixed 339 SusWrite 133 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 42.4 147% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 124 118% 188 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 118%

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

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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