Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 722 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.2 92% 109 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P200 512GB 1,709 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 86 329 14 25 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 439 Write 368 Mixed 334 SusWrite 83.9 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 0.8 52% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 0.8 19% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 608GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 155 155 156 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 157 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 155 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 668GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 103 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 168 Write 147 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 103 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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