Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	116% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 21:51
Run Duration	468 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 758 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 112% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 245GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1633 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3295466860	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 410 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 51.1 186% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 133 154% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2442 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 294 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24614469802	116% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 403 Mixed 405 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 48.6 181% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 127 150% 262 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 131%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 282GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 73.4 Write 67.1 Mixed 34.4 71% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.14 16% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 33%
FLASH Drive UT_USB20 2GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 2.87 Mixed 4.66 7% 7.04 MB/s	4K Read 2.84 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 2x8GB 1,021 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 107%

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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 $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) $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