Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way 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. 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 16:44
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way 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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 552 74% 551 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1857 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 77 Parallax 75.6 63% 76.5 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 61.5 57% 70.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 100 85 109 108 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 521 Write 234 Mixed 221 SusWrite 105 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36.4 153% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 180 146% 212 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 157 157 158 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 124 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 157 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 KHX2666C15D4/4G Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2670, 2670, 2670, 2670 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 30.6 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 98%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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