Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 669 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 119 Parallax 98.3 84% 107 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 105 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 512 Write 485 Mixed 390 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.3 169% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 200 182% 278 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 48GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 164 166 177 159 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 372 SusWrite 199 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.5 171% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 203 185% 282 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 594GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 113 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 114 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2521 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 86%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16