Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 13:55
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 744 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 97 Parallax 95.3 76% 95.2 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 93 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 216GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2241 588 581 589 598 598 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 300 289 298 292 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 476 Write 304 Mixed 259 SusWrite 292 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 28.6 110% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 142 120% 179 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 98GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 57 57 59 57 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 42.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 57 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 59%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 147 149 148 147 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 148 Mixed 93 SusWrite 146 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 75 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 78.5 Write 85 Mixed 81 SusWrite 74.4 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

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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	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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