Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	107% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 787 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 296 299 299 298 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 463 Mixed 365 SusWrite 304 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.9 176% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 222 201% 306 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 31GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,362 Write 884 Mixed 656 213% 967 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 65.9 232% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 700 574% 816 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 215%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 955GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 102 102 101 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 128 Write 114 Mixed 69 SusWrite 101 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 114%
H/W RAID 5 6TB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 213 216 215 215 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 228 Write 197 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 212 226% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 23% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAR BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%

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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