Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86.3% 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	120% 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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 06:02
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 796 86% 684 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

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: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.2 88% 106 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 216 207 205 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 383 Mixed 402 SusWrite 224 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65 223% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 457GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 116 117 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 82 SusWrite 118 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 770GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 173 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 170 Mixed 110 SusWrite 172 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 20GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 22 19 21 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 37 Mixed 36 SusWrite 21.5 44% 33 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.7 87% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 30.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 104%

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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	3,910x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
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	381x
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