Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	255% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '21 at 16:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$170 588,978 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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 202 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 732 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (98 fps cap detected)	80% Excellent	Lighting 98 Reflection 98 Parallax 98 80% 98 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 98 Splatting 98 80% 98 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVKV512HAJH-000L1 512GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7L0QBXX7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1400 1435 1435 1268 829 822 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,711 Write 1,442 Mixed 900 SusWrite 1,198 294% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 66.6 249% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,256 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 455 434% 706 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 260%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 395GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 461 278 244 243 248 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 234 Mixed 217 SusWrite 323 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41 147% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 329 238% 305 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$100 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 114 Write 102 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 120 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 88%
ASMT ASMT105 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 528GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 24.6 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 28.4 37% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 33% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 30.5 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 106%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,930x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,410x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	234x

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	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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