Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 19:24
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$120 342,244 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)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 468 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 82% 105 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 98.5 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$75 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 404 431 439 447 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 446 Mixed 375 SusWrite 398 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.6 154% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 348 259% 344 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 29.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 59: 6R 8G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
59%	53%	36	346	286	60	34.1"	2560 1080	GSM76FD LG ULTRAWIDE

History: Score 26: 1R 5G 6B | Score 59: 6R 8G 5B

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $270

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,955x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,429x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	649x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	825x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	748x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	611x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $859

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