Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 784 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 215 101% 146 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 151 Splatting 143 109% 131 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 251 85 80 87 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 428 Write 414 Mixed 337 SusWrite 157 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 32.2 114% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 185 178% 279 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 100%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free Firmware: 5.41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 175 169 169 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 382 Write 199 Mixed 253 SusWrite 168 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 41.7 146% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 205 155% 209 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 83%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 53GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,912 Write 1,434 Mixed 794 304% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 51.8 180% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 424 320% 430 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 149 145 146 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 154 Mixed 75 SusWrite 147 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.6 225% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 33.5 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 31.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,374x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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