Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.8% 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	138% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 01:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 721 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 97.7 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 530 518 303 401 154 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 876 Write 540 Mixed 629 SusWrite 338 133% 596 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 52.5 195% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 464 362% 495 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 346GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,240 Write 8,098 Mixed 7,561 1,711% 7,633 MB/s	4K Read 777 4K Write 439 4K Mixed 535 2,096% 584 MB/s	DQ Read 1,780 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 1,171 949% 1,360 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 873GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 125 133 133 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 131 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.2 6.9 6.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 3.8 Mixed 2 SusWrite 6.6 9% 9.05 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 90%

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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	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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