Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 21:40
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 707 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 143 Parallax 101 69% 110 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 362GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 451 449 447 452 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 412 Mixed 370 SusWrite 457 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 37.4 144% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 333 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 417 413 414 422 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 378 Mixed 319 SusWrite 419 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.4 135% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 208 174% 250 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 182 185 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 184 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 833GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 104 105 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 103 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 448GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 82 75 81 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 85.4 Write 72.6 Mixed 41.1 SusWrite 78.7 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3000 4x4GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 29: 3R 2G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
29%	26%	50	106	4	60	27"	2560 1440	ACI27A3 ASUS PB278

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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