Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 06:00
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 695 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 184 Parallax 182 140% 180 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 166 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SP256G 500GB 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 310 307 309 312 308 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 499 Write 474 Mixed 444 SusWrite 315 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 238 213% 321 MB/s

SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 147GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 412 422 429 402 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 426 Mixed 214 SusWrite 414 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 36.3 146% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 126 133% 221 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 39GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 59 60 65 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 75 Write 83 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 60.5 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 63%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 89.8 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 90.7 116% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.5 222% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 30.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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	3,881x
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