Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 15:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 243 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 692 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	154% Outstanding	Lighting 230 Reflection 210 Parallax 198 187% 213 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 153 Splatting 135 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVKV512HAJH-000L1 512GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7L0QBXX7 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,540 Write 1,446 Mixed 736 275% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 64 242% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,260 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 451 432% 705 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 260%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 194GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 234 241 226 226 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 400 Mixed 382 SusWrite 256 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.8 148% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 326 233% 299 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 117 120 121 120 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%
Asmt ASMT105 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 563GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 26 25 24 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 24 Write 22.1 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 24.9 17% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 262% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 106%

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

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,382x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,323x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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