Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	167% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 139 2-Core 259 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 725 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Lighting 232 Reflection 235 Parallax 247 189% 238 fps	MRender 278 Gravity 232 Splatting 152 173% 221 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 84 83 92 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 152 Write 112 Mixed 134 SusWrite 88.3 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 27.8 130% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 110 87% 121 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 61%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 75GB free Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 408 447 462 468 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 434 Mixed 257 SusWrite 433 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.7 162% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 164 175% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 338GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 74 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 67.5 Write 72.2 Mixed 47 SusWrite 71.9 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 51%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 729GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 170 173 167 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 165 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 171 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2546 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $177	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