Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	77.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 00:54
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 676 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 88% 108 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 99 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 149 83 103 86 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 486 Write 396 Mixed 352 SusWrite 134 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 37.2 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 178 130% 162 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 219GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 795 666 667 669 660 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,389 Write 2,230 Mixed 1,545 SusWrite 707 384% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 80 270% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 85.9 278% 593 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 347GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 75.3 Write 145 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 106 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 41% 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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