Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.3% 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	117% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 21:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 786 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 50.9 44% 56 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 71.2 56% 68 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 267 248 272 265 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 485 Mixed 378 SusWrite 272 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.3 207% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 230 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 120GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 476 481 489 483 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 400 SusWrite 482 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.3 223% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 956GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 132 131 131 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 138 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 131 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 110%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16