Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '19 at 21:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 570 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.3 84% 105 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 99 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 267 278 278 268 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 462 Mixed 356 SusWrite 288 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.2 194% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 115 111 104 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 449 Mixed 384 SusWrite 140 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.3 205% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 101 97 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 82.2 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 98.5 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 67%
SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 615GB free, PID 1057 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 98 98 97 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 91 Write 59.9 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 96.7 98% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 85%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,953x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,426x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	649x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	824x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	747x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	611x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $798

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