Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 15:30
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 820 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 210 Parallax 186 159% 197 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 190 Splatting 132 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 672GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 455 420 401 394 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 491 Mixed 409 SusWrite 418 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.2 200% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 264 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 948GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2354 2165 1176 1187 1182 1182 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,491 Write 2,400 Mixed 1,738 SusWrite 1,541 458% 2,043 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 79.3 267% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,243 DQ Write 961 DQ Mixed 1088 818% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 371%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 685GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 74 74 77 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 98.8 Write 47.3 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 74.8 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $15	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