Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.9% 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	127% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 521 71% 527 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 19.4 Parallax 22.6 20% 22.3 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 25 Splatting 19.2 19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 307 305 310 297 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 463 Mixed 378 SusWrite 303 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 66.5 233% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 68 132% 265 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 44GB free Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 59 72 69 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 73.5 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 61.1 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 60%
Patriot Memory 127GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 118GB free, PID 6000 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 305 303 303 302 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 260 Write 256 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 266 266% 204 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 111% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$35 843 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	3,882x
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 $125	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