Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 114% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	223% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 12:12
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$298 351,790 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	84% Excellent	1-Core 135 2-Core 271 95% 203 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 718 73% 574 Pts	64-Core 723 48% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$246 13,508 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 157 Reflection 137 Parallax 196 41% 163 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 141 Splatting 86.3 39% 112 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 3,463 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 659 624 512 565 556 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,827 Write 1,031 Mixed 716 SusWrite 622 232% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 64.3 250% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 569 477% 718 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 250%
SanDisk X400 256GB-$110 916 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 72GB free Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 198 190 189 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 272 Mixed 210 SusWrite 198 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 41.5 182% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 186 172% 267 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$59 253,408 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 812GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 176 177 175 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 138 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 174 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 26,092 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 224GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 72.2 Write 71.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 77.1 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 58%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$9 5,389 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 11 17 18 19 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 137 Write 98.5 Mixed 108 SusWrite 28.3 117% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 4.4 299% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 33,279 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 75%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 81%, 351,790 samples	9,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $199Bench 77%, 205,360 samples	7,747x
Core i7-6700Intel $305Bench 70%, 141,142 samples	1,218x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	4,789x
GTX 1080Nvidia $445Bench 104%, 551,254 samples	2,798x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples	2,375x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,075 samples	3,023x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $87Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	2,432x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 161,688 samples	560x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	1,964x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 72%, 56,634 samples	1,164x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 33,279 samples	1,075x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,181

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24