Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	386% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '24 at 20:55
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 648 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 102% 130 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 36 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 4,785 Write 43.5 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 36.7 258% 1,239 MB/s	4K Read 476 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 5.3 728% 161 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 236%
Crucial V4 128GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 30GB free Firmware: S5FAMM25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 119 111 154 157 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 213 Write 54.3 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 137 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 3.6 40% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 60.1 DQ Write 36.7 DQ Mixed 4 15% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 38%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$280 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 473GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 278 178 158 163 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 465 Write 424 Mixed 400 SusWrite 200 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 41.3 134% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 128%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 156GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 233 230 213 194 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 408 Mixed 284 SusWrite 217 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 42.1 137% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 329 256% 351 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 27.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 95%

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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: 0P 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	71	59	144	27"	1280 720	AUS2401 VG249Q1R

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	2,394x
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	817x
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 $254	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