Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 424 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 69.2 57% 69.9 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 56.2 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 99 109 106 113 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 446 Write 133 Mixed 125 SusWrite 107 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 20.2 122% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 46.5 80% 164 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8429 Write 8,858 Mixed 8,436 1,919% 8,574 MB/s	4K Read 704 4K Write 337 4K Mixed 335 1,674% 459 MB/s	DQ Read 2,043 DQ Write 1,765 DQ Mixed 1,881 1,416% 1,896 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 864GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 80 87 88 88 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 96 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 86.4 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%
GB0250C8045 250GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 232GB free Firmware: HPG8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 102 104 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 39.5 Write 100 Mixed 40 SusWrite 102 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 59%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 97.5 Write 24.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 23.6 42% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 37% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 34.3 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $133	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