Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86% 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	117% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '20 at 06:51
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$235 712,312 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)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 794 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.6 88% 107 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 203 195 194 194 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 405 SusWrite 212 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.6 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$30 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 118 120 119 120 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 768GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 169 171 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 166 Mixed 113 SusWrite 170 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.9 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30.6 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 104%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,923x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,401x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16