Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.4% 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	223% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 12:12
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 775 72% 600 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Lighting 52.2 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 61.4 42% 55.4 fps	MRender 52.1 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 37.5 36% 45.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 659 624 512 565 556 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,827 Write 1,031 Mixed 716 SusWrite 622 232% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 64.3 250% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 569 477% 718 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 247%
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 198 190 189 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 272 Mixed 210 SusWrite 198 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 41.5 182% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 186 172% 267 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 812GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 176 177 175 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 138 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 174 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 224GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 72.2 Write 71.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 77.1 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$27 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 11 17 18 19 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 137 Write 98.5 Mixed 108 SusWrite 28.3 117% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 4.4 299% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%

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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	3,882x
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