Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	271% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 22:01
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 777 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% PwrHis(1787 A470) CLim: 1256 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 69.4 36% 58 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 43.9 42% 52.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1467 402 397 404 404 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,121 Write 2,146 Mixed 1,385 SusWrite 580 348% 1,558 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 95.6 324% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1008 DQ Write 1,249 DQ Mixed 1163 868% 1,140 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 302%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 179 183 181 183 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 39.2 Write 163 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 179 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 21.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,393x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x
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 $260	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