Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 96%, 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	282% 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.

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

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 08:53
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 263 97% 171 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 837 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 113% 135 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 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1232 391 391 394 395 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,489 Write 2,204 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 535 373% 1676 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 94.4 311% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,007 DQ Write 1,381 DQ Mixed 1,165 888% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 405GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 461 455 455 452 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 447 Mixed 382 SusWrite 455 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 69.7 235% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 180 180 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 168 Mixed 108 SusWrite 178 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 117% 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 (62^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 101%

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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	3,903x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,389x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	380x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16