Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 210% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 180% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	228% 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	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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '22 at 23:22
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 242 92% 160 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 752 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3967); EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming 12GB GDDR6X CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Lighting 343 Reflection 286 Parallax 338 280% 323 fps	MRender 373 Gravity 270 Splatting 194 219% 279 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2556 Write 2384 Mixed 1,695 492% 2,212 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.5 309% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1465 DQ Write 1,150 DQ Mixed 1,269 960% 1,295 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 447GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 168 99 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 387 Mixed 383 SusWrite 167 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50 180% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 251 207% 296 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 111GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 387 388 388 388 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 495 Mixed 456 SusWrite 402 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 72.7 246% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 165 169 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 182 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 167 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 206 208 209 208 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 748GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 101 100 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 118 Write 76.6 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 101 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 28.7 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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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	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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