Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 01:36
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 717 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 463 466 249 71 74 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 452 Mixed 386 SusWrite 284 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 58 193% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 175 178 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 177 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 112%
VendorCo ProductCode 16GB 7,454 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	4.08% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 1 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.9 7% 6.58 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.08% Great: 8%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 38 Write 35.8 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 37.4 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 114%

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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