Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% 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	127% 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	28 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 19:42
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 777 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.8% 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% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 97.2 85% 106 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 104 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% 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: 377 391 400 403 397 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 856 Write 482 Mixed 453 SusWrite 397 122% 547 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44 166% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 255 234% 353 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 182%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 186GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 46 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 42 Mixed 39 SusWrite 46.3 32% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 36%
WD Elements 10B8 2TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 171GB free Firmware: 1022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 89 Write 89.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 74.6 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 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 43 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 42.8 29% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 353GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 107 108 108 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 75 Mixed 63 SusWrite 107 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 74%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 64GB 1,211 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 28GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 13 12 14 15 14 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 15.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 12.2 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.9 162% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 18%

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 @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% 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	3,882x
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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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