Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	260% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 749 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1562 MHz, MLim: 1942 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 74 Parallax 67 56% 69.9 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 59.5 55% 68.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 352GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 266 Mixed 280 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 31.9 140% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 72.9 104% 197 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 123%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,484 Write 882 Mixed 1,140 328% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 68.3 273% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 210 244% 426 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 372GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 105 Mixed 91 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.14 56% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 367GB free Firmware: 1A01 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 120 Mixed 131 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 23.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 95%

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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%

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 $295	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