Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 22:41
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 780 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.6% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 102 Parallax 85.9 73% 92.5 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 92 72% 87.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 393 386 427 373 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 435 Mixed 343 SusWrite 394 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56 190% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 364 273% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 136 115 137 148 145 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 326 Write 198 Mixed 214 SusWrite 138 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 40.1 148% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 184 151% 216 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 103%

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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	3,882x
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 $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	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) $30	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