Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.1% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 02:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 746 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 83.6 70% 88.3 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 74.4 65% 80.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 204 198 190 192 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 334 Write 253 Mixed 279 SusWrite 188 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 41.9 151% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 153 145% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 328GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 85.5 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 92.1 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

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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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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
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 $45Bench 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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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