Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	238% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 10:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 584 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 48 Parallax 42.5 41% 47 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 38.4 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,155 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,426 354% 1,603 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 33.5 196% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 491 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 33.5 136% 305 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 67GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208244640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3207052 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5666 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 17179869214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58347130719051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5481322045 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12781996592	86.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 142 Mixed 145 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 38.9 Mixed 38.4 49% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.17 37% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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