Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.3% 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	204% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 730 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 87% 105 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 98 Splatting 99.8 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 222 223 221 221 217 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,260 Mixed 519 SusWrite 263 219% 996 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 56.2 217% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 823 DQ Mixed 617 562% 866 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 162GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 255 244 237 246 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 419 Write 295 Mixed 295 SusWrite 249 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 22.2 64% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 93.4 84% 132 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 160 162 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 162 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 163 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 862GB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 105 107 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 95.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 107 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

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 as expected (47^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 90%

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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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $45Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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