Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	137% 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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 00:52
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 292 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 838 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 146 Parallax 123 113% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 482 476 469 466 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 461 Mixed 390 SusWrite 472 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 68 233% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 427GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 159 161 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 126 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 160 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[A/B]4U300JJJM8G 2x8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 101%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,878x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	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 $186	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