Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51% 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	228% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 04:08
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 81.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 534 72% 535 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 80.9 52% 70.6 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 62 Splatting 56.1 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 531 541 549 552 553 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,776 Write 1,301 Mixed 669 SusWrite 606 241% 1,088 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 80 239% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,154 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 196 360% 724 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 293%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 196GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1174 413 305 304 304 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,451 Write 1,205 Mixed 538 SusWrite 467 203% 915 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 52.1 198% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,096 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 664 564% 834 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 930GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 471 471 478 477 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 461 Mixed 411 SusWrite 473 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.3 182% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 279 230% 330 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 42 43 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 91.4 Write 103 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 42.6 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 205% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 90%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 378GB free Firmware: SC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 43 44 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 99.3 Write 91.8 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 43.5 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $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