Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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.
Boot Drive	83.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 650 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 103 68 66 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 479 Write 338 Mixed 324 SusWrite 120 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 36.1 151% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 187 162% 239 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 95%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 954GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 1450 1521 1520 1497 1457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,450 Write 1,533 Mixed 1,077 SusWrite 1,464 311% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 79.8 283% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 274 344% 601 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 255%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 755GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 101 103 103 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 104 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 102 57% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2856, 2856 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%

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

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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	3,891x
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