Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 14:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 714 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 99 91% 109 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 85 82 95 95 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 306 Write 214 Mixed 197 SusWrite 98.8 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 22.8 97% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 21 42% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 84%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 378 440 433 414 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 444 Mixed 319 SusWrite 416 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 38.5 140% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 31.9 83% 170 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 250GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 132 133 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 117 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 134 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2.6 436% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.9 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,882x
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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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