Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	84.3% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '18 at 07:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 504 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 109% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 183 207 203 179 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 362 Write 265 Mixed 270 SusWrite 190 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40 153% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 164 147% 223 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 91%
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK480MAV 480GB 1,217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 86GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 388 385 375 367 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 384 Mixed 329 SusWrite 377 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 36.2 142% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 192 182% 285 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 98%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 143 136 142 139 142 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 166 Write 166 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 140 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 391% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 164 159 168 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 163 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 167 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 336% 3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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%

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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $129Bench 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	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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