Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.2% 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	124% 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 18:20
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 706 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.1 85% 106 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 103 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 427 406 392 372 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 847 Write 468 Mixed 455 SusWrite 396 120% 541 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 42.6 160% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 450 DQ Mixed 262 233% 345 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 182%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 186GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 42.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 46.5 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 36%
WD Elements 10B8 2TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 171GB free Firmware: 1022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 74 75 75 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 89.3 Write 78.3 Mixed 51 SusWrite 74.1 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 53%
WD Elements SE 25FF 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 43 44 44 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.4% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 42.7 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 353GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 107 108 108 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 75.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C14 2x16GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 103%

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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

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