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Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.49% 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	224% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 11:14
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 462 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 7.3 Parallax 8.3 6% 7.57 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$70 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 424 424 428 430 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,545 Write 1,356 Mixed 1,203 SusWrite 494 257% 1,150 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 72.1 253% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 1,174 DQ Mixed 1,000 810% 1,144 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 237%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 863GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 92 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 92.9 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%
Generic USB SD Reader 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 117GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Read 3.5 Write 4.2 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 4.4 6% 3.95 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.1 145% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$35 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 9,182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $256

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,106x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,505x
Core i7-6700Intel $150Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	672x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,402x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	775x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	634x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	580x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	245x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	576x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	394x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	311x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350