Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '20 at 13:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 547 73% 547 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 173 Parallax 188 153% 183 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 150 Splatting 110 119% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,478 Write 1,749 Mixed 1,147 395% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 87.5 321% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,470 DQ Write 1437 DQ Mixed 1,573 1,149% 1,493 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 166 159 151 143 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 418 Write 325 Mixed 277 SusWrite 177 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.8 165% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 149 139% 211 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 490GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 150 151 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 159 Write 158 Mixed 104 SusWrite 151 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

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

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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