Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 11:05
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 502 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.6 88% 108 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,760 Write 7,116 Mixed 7,072 1,633% 7,316 MB/s	4K Read 598 4K Write 331 4K Mixed 411 1,608% 447 MB/s	DQ Read 1,720 DQ Write 1,387 DQ Mixed 1,439 1,108% 1,515 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 453 454 453 454 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 453 Mixed 373 SusWrite 454 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.2 176% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 197 182% 284 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 337GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 181 184 183 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 167 Mixed 103 SusWrite 182 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 854GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 110 119% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 111%

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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