Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	99.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 19:20
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-€123 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 311 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 620 82% 616 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-€309 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 115% 139 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-€39 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 227 217 178 215 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 391 Mixed 305 SusWrite 237 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 45 168% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 252 210% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-€86 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 481GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 106 107 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 114 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 105 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 105%
Wilk 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 14GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 7.4 8.9 8.9 8.5 8.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	9.17% Terrible	Read 40.5 Write 24 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 8.1 21% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 31% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 9.17% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 88%

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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 - €1,225

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel €140Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,759x
Core i5-6600KIntel €123Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,717x
Core i7-6700Intel €301Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia €172Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	931x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia €112Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	569x
GTX 1080Nvidia €277Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	529x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung €60Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	447x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung €94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	416x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung €119Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair €37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	404x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair €37Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	268x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL €37Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	217x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: €1,634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	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) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16