Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	142% 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	338% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 21:49
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 290 101% 181 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 869 88% 712 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3015 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 215 Parallax 195 166% 204 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 203 Splatting 136 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2094 1707 1263 1259 1262 1255 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 2,433 Mixed 1,752 SusWrite 1,473 459% 2,048 MB/s	4K Read 65.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 89.6 302% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 1,181 887% 1185 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 319GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 480 486 487 487 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 489 Mixed 414 SusWrite 486 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 66.3 222% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 199 203 204 203 203 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 84 85 84 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 82.3 Write 80 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 82.8 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%
Lacie P9233 5TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 128 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 87.7 65% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 183% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 1,779 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 31 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 33 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 121%

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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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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	3,882x
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