Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% 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	90.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '21 at 18:02
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 261 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 750 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (118 fps cap detected)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 95% 118 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 118 Splatting 108 92% 113 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 163 150 137 141 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 469 Mixed 392 SusWrite 197 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 45.6 153% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 222 170% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 134%
WD Game Drive 4TB 3,751 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 104 101 105 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 128 Write 113 Mixed 83 SusWrite 103 141% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.8 191% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	120	38.2"	1280 720	GSM7735 38GL950G

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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