Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 16:31
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 704 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.4% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 67.2 57% 80.3 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 67.1 56% 68.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 74 73 61 63 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.6% Above average	Read 247 Write 117 Mixed 165 SusWrite 71.4 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 31.8 130% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 70.1 DQ Write 92.1 DQ Mixed 86.3 64% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 75%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 78GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 431 363 76 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 402 Mixed 410 SusWrite 240 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 33.1 161% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 48.3 101% 202 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 70GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 198 204 204 197 210 MB/s Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.7% Good	Read 172 Write 96 Mixed 145 SusWrite 202 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 28.7 117% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 119 117% 187 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 98%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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