Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	199% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 23:05
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 717 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% 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 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2846 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 187 Parallax 173 143% 178 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 178 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 232GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1685 0.8 0.8 0.8 434 988 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1349 Write 2318 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 518 324% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 61.8 219% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,357 DQ Write 1,138 DQ Mixed 1,266 943% 1,254 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 284%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 771 855 1074 955 1357 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 888 Write 383 Mixed 898 SusWrite 991 178% 790 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 58.7 207% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 656 554% 809 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 235%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 95GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 457 457 459 399 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 436 Mixed 344 SusWrite 423 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 48.1 165% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 255 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 280GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 86 Write 61.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 77.8 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 59%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 131 130 134 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 188 Mixed 73 SusWrite 131 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 408% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 22.3 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
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	300x

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16