Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 175% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 152% UFO


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 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	216% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '21 at 19:17
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-6700K-$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 (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 700 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 12 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Zotac(19DA 2612); Zotac Holoblack CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	216% Outstanding	Lighting 318 Reflection 303 Parallax 367 259% 329 fps	MRender 362 Gravity 268 Splatting 199 217% 276 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,000 Write 1,389 Mixed 631 294% 1,340 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 46.2 202% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 954 DQ Mixed 697 608% 904 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 275GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 483 470 316 415 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 488 Mixed 448 SusWrite 440 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 62.6 217% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 115GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 123 112 121 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 121 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 1.8 384% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 138%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 236 236 197 211 226 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 50.9 Write 91.5 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 217 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 17: 1R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
17%	17%	42	110	7	60	24"	1280 720	AOC2460 2460G5

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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