Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	100% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	21.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 683 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 162 Parallax 137 124% 151 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 116 107 110 104 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 430 Mixed 354 SusWrite 142 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 51.3 186% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 107GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 408 315 315 314 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 448 Mixed 422 SusWrite 349 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.2 187% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 209GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 68 68 68 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 66.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 67.1 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 115 Write 64.5 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 121 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 106%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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