Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 742 80% 633 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 132 Parallax 151 119% 143 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 137 Splatting 104 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 91 91 153 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 349 Write 136 Mixed 189 SusWrite 117 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.6 165% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 162 128% 180 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 229GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 449 467 460 465 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 458 Mixed 340 SusWrite 460 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 60.2 216% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 336 260% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 453GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2127 2097 2132 2122 2118 2127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	390% Outstanding	Read 2,501 Write 2043 Mixed 1,319 SusWrite 2,121 447% 1,996 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 91.9 319% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1458 DQ Write 1,324 DQ Mixed 1356 1,027% 1,379 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 390% Great: 393%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 105GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 95 97 96 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 458 Write 409 Mixed 371 SusWrite 126 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 38.1 156% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 215 193% 291 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 171GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 449 468 460 440 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 443 Mixed 398 SusWrite 424 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.3 217% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 196GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 71.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 51.1 41% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2800C16 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2A2800C16 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 86%

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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	3,890x
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	809x
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 $179	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