Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '21 at 19:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 677 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 92.7 72% 93.2 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 91 Splatting 90.3 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 158 190 233 56 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 451 Mixed 320 SusWrite 161 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 49.2 174% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 220 196% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 64GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,478 Write 2,136 Mixed 1,590 459% 2,068 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 80.5 270% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 930 699% 948 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 53GB free, PID 8461 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 71 71 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 86.3 Write 77 Mixed 61 SusWrite 74.1 100% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 4.6 298% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 765GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 89 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 87.7 90% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 125%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	637x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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