Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	291% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 00:22
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 251 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 736 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3888 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 178 Parallax 187 144% 181 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 159 Splatting 112 122% 155 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 593 669 669 647 645 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 2,285 Mixed 1,391 SusWrite 646 381% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 89.7 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,363 DQ Write 1175 DQ Mixed 1,240 937% 1,259 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 566GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 463 469 467 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 466 Mixed 433 SusWrite 467 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 57.1 188% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 305 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 598GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 481 458 451 455 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 490 Mixed 391 SusWrite 464 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55.5 197% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 254 217% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 117%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 118GB free Firmware: 0007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 139 127 140 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 331 Write 134 Mixed 189 SusWrite 135 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 13.1 118% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 90 89% 145 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

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	2,379x
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	810x
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 $178	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