Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96%, 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	24.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 559 74% 557 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 110% 134 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 209 212 213 214 214 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.3% Poor	Read 216 Write 207 Mixed 195 SusWrite 210 47% 207 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 2.7 9% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 560GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 476 487 493 493 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 463 Mixed 418 SusWrite 481 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 68.2 233% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 361 246% 301 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 374GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 476 486 493 494 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 478 Mixed 382 SusWrite 481 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 68.3 236% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 257 184% 238 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 131%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 130 131 131 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 130 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

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

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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	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16