Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 22:09
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 773 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 167 Parallax 170 137% 168 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 148 Splatting 124 121% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 279 274 265 275 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 481 Write 289 Mixed 282 SusWrite 277 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 27.3 107% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 144 119% 177 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 660GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 432 449 474 481 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 445 Mixed 407 SusWrite 459 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 66.7 224% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 187 187 185 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 146 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 185 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 387GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 75 75 77 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 90.2 Write 83.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 75.7 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 62%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 460GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 133 130 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 105 SusWrite 132 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 29 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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

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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 $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