Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% 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	42% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 578 67% 519 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 80.7 58% 71.5 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 81 56% 66.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 61 73 71 82 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 294 Write 176 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 74.6 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 17.1 65% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 0.2 35% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 86%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 153 153 154 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70% Good	Read 417 Write 156 Mixed 162 SusWrite 153 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24.1 126% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 123 99% 138 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 95 95 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 75.5 Write 81.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 94.6 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%

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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	3,882x
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 $130Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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