Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	301% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 04:51
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 704 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 108% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.22 7% 9.48 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 657GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1816 1408 1408 1404 1407 1412 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 1889 Write 2,048 Mixed 1,587 SusWrite 1,476 394% 1750 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 73.5 262% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,344 DQ Write 1,131 DQ Mixed 1,210 914% 1,229 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 335%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 237GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 485 488 211 75 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 387 SusWrite 282 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.5 170% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 212 194% 297 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 348GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 485 484 483 452 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 483 Mixed 458 SusWrite 474 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.3 220% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 623GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 160 157 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 149 Mixed 103 SusWrite 159 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 118%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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 $129Bench 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) $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