Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 10:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 425 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 121 Parallax 118 90% 116 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 98.9 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 210 213 212 209 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 418 Mixed 355 SusWrite 230 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.6 213% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 311 235% 316 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 141GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 307 308 308 309 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 419 Mixed 415 SusWrite 315 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68 234% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 310 235% 316 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 328GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 435 463 489 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 420 Mixed 386 SusWrite 456 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67.1 229% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 311 235% 315 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 344GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 106 104 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 104 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDD1 CT8G4DFS8213.M8FH 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2187, 2187 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,912x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16