Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	391% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 18:23
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 722 78% 620 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 93.1 82% 99.2 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 82.7 71% 87 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2300 2377 2440 1873 1544 1545 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	391% Outstanding	Read 2,666 Write 2,479 Mixed 1,953 SusWrite 2,013 512% 2,278 MB/s	4K Read 68.4 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 98.2 329% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,419 DQ Write 1,237 DQ Mixed 1,319 991% 1,325 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 391% Great: 435%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 511 Write 495 Mixed 381 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 62 219% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 234 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 99 Mixed 98 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 21.5 112% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 47.6 73% 146 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 73%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 140 141 141 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 148 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 140 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 715GB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 108 114 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 111 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 110 64% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	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