Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.9%, 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	224% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 03:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 279 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 857 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 122 Parallax 143 107% 132 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 854 1054 956 974 848 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,405 Write 849 Mixed 998 SusWrite 925 234% 1,044 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 60.3 251% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 929 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 421 418% 676 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 242%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 5.0.Be SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 68 70 69 MB/s Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.9% Above average	Read 243 Write 76.7 Mixed 128 SusWrite 68.7 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 30.9 129% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 75 DQ Mixed 74.3 59% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 182 186 184 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 85 SusWrite 186 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 249GB free Firmware: BACE1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 63.5 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 59.6 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.8 211% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 20.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 110%

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16