Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 23:36
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 514 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 83 Parallax 80.3 64% 80.7 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 65.8 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GB 14,424 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MF000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 342 369 300 237 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 472 Mixed 379 SusWrite 288 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 43.1 164% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 329 250% 336 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 96 115 96 99 118 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 416 Write 350 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 110 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 16.6 100% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 27.3 56% 114 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 86%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 37GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 20 28 30 20 2.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 504 Write 102 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 21.8 34% 160 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.6 39% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 83%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 105 119 119 114 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.1% Good	Read 124 Write 202 Mixed 169 SusWrite 119 35% 153 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.5 152% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 137 120% 179 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 89%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 324GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 105 101 101 105 101 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 75.5 Write 69.8 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 101 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V-Color TA48G30S815G Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 55%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,902x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,390x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	602x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	380x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16