Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 23:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 494 64% 485 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 68.8 61% 74.7 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 76.2 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 430 443 448 265 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 447 Mixed 379 SusWrite 337 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 36.7 147% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 304 223% 288 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 127 126 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 128 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC V-Color TD48G26S819-VC 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16