Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 215 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 731 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 137 Parallax 107 109% 126 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 M.2 2280 128GB 913 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 150 135 140 145 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 446 Write 156 Mixed 209 SusWrite 138 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 30.2 127% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 153 132% 201 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 82%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 54GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 455 360 231 232 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 444 Mixed 359 SusWrite 324 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 39.9 141% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 332 250% 334 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 823GB free Firmware: 2BA30004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 79 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 79.5 Write 42.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 81.4 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.4 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,899x
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	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16