Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% 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	112% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 23:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 742 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 122 Parallax 106 82% 110 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 96.7 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 135 136 133 130 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 450 Mixed 383 SusWrite 169 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63 214% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 127 157 163 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 327 Write 198 Mixed 227 SusWrite 156 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.6 161% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 138 128% 200 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 240GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 102 168 107 101 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,451 Write 1,442 Mixed 1,035 SusWrite 235 232% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 81.4 286% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 639 DQ Write 867 DQ Mixed 266 337% 590 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 255%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 105 116 114 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 149 Write 146 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 106 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 327GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 82.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 85.5 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.3 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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