Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 19:06
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 798 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.2% Good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.1 81% 101 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 0.09 43% 60.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 323 205 174 218 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 424 Mixed 317 SusWrite 258 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 45.6 166% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 203 188% 291 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 254 227 263 225 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 399 SusWrite 252 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54 188% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 60GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 134 110 85 83 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 491 Write 434 Mixed 20 SusWrite 140 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 27 102% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 53.8 52% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 171 173 173 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 170 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 171 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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