Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 02:45
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 747 79% 633 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 104% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,480 Write 2,316 Mixed 1,492 466% 2,096 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 91.2 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,478 DQ Write 1,114 DQ Mixed 1,248 946% 1,280 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 192 144 125 113 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 321 Mixed 315 SusWrite 166 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 43.3 170% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 148 137% 207 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 121 121 120 119 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 151 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 121 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 88 89 89 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 88.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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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	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,391x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	603x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16