Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 783 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 61.5 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 55 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250G 181GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 63GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 167 166 300 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 480 Mixed 373 SusWrite 219 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.9 208% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 250 200% 277 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 582GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1549 832 835 841 844 843 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1,559 Write 1638 Mixed 1,342 SusWrite 957 309% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 84.3 302% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,518 DQ Write 1,301 DQ Mixed 1378 1,041% 1,399 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 276%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 127 131 139 150 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 170 Mixed 194 SusWrite 139 163% 221 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.8 2,037% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 29.2 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16