Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '20 at 12:52
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 407 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 109A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.97% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 7.58 Parallax 8.53 6% 8.01 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.6 8% 9.53 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.97% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S-HP 128GB 1,677 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC71705 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 283 292 273 308 311 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 419 Write 311 Mixed 245 SusWrite 291 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 29.9 105% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 196 178% 274 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 99%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 895GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 175 181 180 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 167 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 178 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 931GB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 35 36 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 37.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 35.9 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 20%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 255GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 97.8 Write 96.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 94.8 115% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 10,940 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 48%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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