Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% 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	282% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 03:59
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 717 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 90% 109 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,690 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,444 403% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 38.8 229% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 194 239% 426 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 254%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 179GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18573 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 79 (A8) Unknown 100 100 187 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1738 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 48 206159544343 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 525 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 33809 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16642 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14586 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 478 Mixed 463 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.3 150% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 56.4 80% 138 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 43 Write 12.4 Mixed 13.6 23% 23 MB/s	4K Read 7.53 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.003 28% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 113%

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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	3,891x
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