Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	85% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 22:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$170 588,978 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 (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 761 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.4 124% 118 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 97.6 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 146 145 149 145 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 311 Write 194 Mixed 252 SusWrite 144 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41 173% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 189 159% 233 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$71 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 49GB free Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 62 268 73 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 484 Mixed 434 SusWrite 167 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 53.7 191% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 275 222% 312 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 162 163 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 117 Write 96.5 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 162 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,931x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,412x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,336x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16