Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	198% 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.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '24 at 00:49
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$170 588,978 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)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 682 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-$549 45,585 User benchmarks, average bench 190% Gigabyte(1458 40EE) CLim: 3120 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	198% Outstanding	Lighting 282 Reflection 265 Parallax 280 230% 276 fps	MRender 362 Gravity 245 Splatting 191 209% 266 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 205%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 110 23 86 121 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 476 Write 449 Mixed 386 SusWrite 107 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 38.7 136% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 206 155% 214 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$225 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 471 465 472 467 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 445 Mixed 435 SusWrite 468 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 54.8 178% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 173GB free Firmware: CS131132 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 207 208 206 207 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 461 Write 416 Mixed 342 SusWrite 222 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 38.2 138% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 171 173% 278 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1902 2038 2280 2278 2274 2278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 2,377 Write 2,285 Mixed 2,194 SusWrite 2,175 509% 2258 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 80.3 256% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 901 684% 922 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 526%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 96%

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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	22	2	60	23.8"	1280 720	ACR046F R240HY

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,939x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,416x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	646x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,340x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	820x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	744x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	559x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16