Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 10:33
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 502 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 87% 109 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 93.7 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 343 300 276 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 393 Mixed 333 SusWrite 302 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46 157% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 208 177% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 559GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 107 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 109 Write 59.1 Mixed 66 SusWrite 109 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 128 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 230GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 116 107 108 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 108 Write 94 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 110 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 86%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000, DaneElec 4Gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 8.1 8.8 13 11 8.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 7.8 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 9.6 13% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 41% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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