Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	199% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 746 81% 641 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1402) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 23.4 26% 28.3 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 30.9 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1027 1196 1201 1198 1184 1150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,370 Write 1,147 Mixed 781 SusWrite 1,159 250% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 40.8 168% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 490 367% 498 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 919GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 211 209 208 209 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 168 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 207 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GKE800UD51208-2133AH 2x8GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
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	374x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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