Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.5% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560x1440x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 08:48
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 600 81% 602 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 151 Parallax 127 111% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 138 146 137 140 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 346 Write 209 Mixed 220 SusWrite 142 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 45.9 170% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 134 118% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 43GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 393 416 408 394 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 442 Mixed 308 SusWrite 401 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.3 155% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 158 145% 215 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 214GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 83 83 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 92 Write 85.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 82.6 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 65%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 39 41 31 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 66.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 37.6 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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