Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	304% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 13:40
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 663 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 181 Parallax 174 133% 173 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 122 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 850 851 850 852 848 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,458 Write 2,225 Mixed 1,710 SusWrite 900 408% 1,823 MB/s	4K Read 67.1 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 89.3 306% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,370 DQ Write 1150 DQ Mixed 1,231 930% 1,250 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 260GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 482 480 482 440 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 469 Mixed 424 SusWrite 454 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.5 205% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 129%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 476GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 463 461 463 460 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 450 Mixed 307 SusWrite 461 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.5 158% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 228 206% 312 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 819GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 132 133 134 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 93 Mixed 70 SusWrite 131 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 114%
SP TFXC USB 3.0 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 11GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 14 10 13 11 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.5% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 3.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 11.5 19% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.5 115% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 117%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,919x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,400x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	641x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
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	230x

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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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