Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 20:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 713 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 81.1 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,548 Write 2,282 Mixed 1,527 470% 2,119 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 89.4 301% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,006 DQ Write 1,273 DQ Mixed 1,147 863% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 324GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 433 423 479 439 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 226 Mixed 284 SusWrite 446 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 252 211% 306 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 2x8GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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