Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	416% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 22:47
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 773 81% 648 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 118% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 622GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1900 2428 2436 2514 2516 2514 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	416% Outstanding	Read 2,691 Write 2,501 Mixed 1,466 SusWrite 2,385 508% 2,261 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 91 321% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,549 DQ Write 1,331 DQ Mixed 1,414 1,066% 1,431 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 416% Great: 425%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 203GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 317 317 316 315 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 479 Mixed 408 SusWrite 334 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 67.6 236% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 527GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 121 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 120 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.6 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 103%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16