Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 16:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 512 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 120 108% 131 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 130 Splatting 112 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 155 141 143 142 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 469 Write 191 Mixed 224 SusWrite 142 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.5 122% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 59.3 63% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 276 276 276 274 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 471 Mixed 363 SusWrite 289 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.4 200% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 228 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 400 447 453 455 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 419 Mixed 413 SusWrite 428 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.6 199% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 307 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $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) $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