Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	249% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 07:01
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 220 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 705 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 176 Parallax 177 137% 174 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 167 Splatting 113 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 626 629 628 629 624 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,875 Write 1,472 Mixed 886 SusWrite 665 272% 1,225 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 77.6 266% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,239 DQ Write 1,065 DQ Mixed 1,087 832% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 259%
Samsung MZNLN512HCJH-000H1 512GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 357GB free Firmware: EMT22H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 452 455 472 473 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 445 Mixed 305 SusWrite 462 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.3 181% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 278 230% 330 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 112%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 229GB free Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 861 646 643 639 638 637 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,725 Write 1,337 Mixed 848 SusWrite 677 255% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 81.4 279% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,277 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 957 789% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 28.7 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 28.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 95%

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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