Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	206% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 646 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 82% 107 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 102 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 708 878 539 374 524 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,947 Write 1,488 Mixed 992 SusWrite 602 280% 1,257 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 86.3 277% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 63.1 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 80.7 66% 91.9 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 359GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 417 379 413 447 443 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 429 Mixed 341 SusWrite 419 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63 202% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 300 164% 150 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 918GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 129 174 159 132 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 138 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 145 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 357GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 63 87 81 66 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 89.1 Write 81.2 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 72.5 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14/8G HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14/8G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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