Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 07:34
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 696 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 112 Parallax 116 96% 115 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 113 Splatting 90.7 95% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 223 73 68 57 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 190 Mixed 353 SusWrite 156 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.1 202% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 470 472 485 486 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 483 Mixed 402 SusWrite 476 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.7 212% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 79GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 134 123 132 139 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 135 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 521GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 158 160 160 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 163 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 159 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 104%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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