Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.6% 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	66.5% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 14:18
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 761 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 33 30% 42.8 fps	MRender 47.8 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000H1 128GB 2,337 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT09H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 73 105 101 119 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 474 Write 98.2 Mixed 108 SusWrite 101 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 23.5 106% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 52.3 80% 161 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 79%
Toshiba THNSNF256GMCS 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free Firmware: FSLAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 431 398 280 62 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 442 Write 427 Mixed 406 SusWrite 277 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 40 112% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 239 200% 290 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 81%
Kingston KW-S34480-4W1 480GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 82GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 254 241 243 240 242 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 464 Write 253 Mixed 230 SusWrite 246 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 30.2 52% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 145 111% 153 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 71%
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 21GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 441 Mixed 322 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 38.5 160% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 4.4 92% 219 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 108%
Sandisk SD7SB6S-128G-1006 128GB 2,125 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 18GB free Firmware: X3511006 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 427 Mixed 281 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 32.8 148% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 199 170% 251 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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