Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 21:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 242 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 659 72% 568 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 80%

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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 86% 110 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 103 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 514 Write 475 Mixed 363 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.2 166% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 196 178% 272 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 48GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 148 177 177 178 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 411 Mixed 360 SusWrite 216 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44.2 168% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 190 177% 275 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 594GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 115 115 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 115 65% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2497 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%

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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	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,399x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16