Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	121% 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 19:33
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 684 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 82% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 373 310 308 303 301 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 720 Write 474 Mixed 442 SusWrite 334 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.8 167% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 416 326% 449 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 313%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,149 Write 8,199 Mixed 8,663 1,936% 8,670 MB/s	4K Read 693 4K Write 252 4K Mixed 355 1,638% 433 MB/s	DQ Read 1,690 DQ Write 1154 DQ Mixed 1329 1,017% 1,391 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 13GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 169 168 171 159 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 142 SusWrite 158 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 29.7 126% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 103 89% 134 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%
ST3500312CS 960GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 379GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 225 226 221 215 213 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 409 Write 396 Mixed 250 SusWrite 231 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 31.7 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 149 142% 225 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. Team-Elite-2400 2x8GB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 29.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

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

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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 $295	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