Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.6% 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	79.3% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 22:47
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 486 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 61.3 52% 65 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 55.2 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2CT180A3 180GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 112 105 97 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 370 Write 178 Mixed 218 SusWrite 111 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.4 155% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 175 147% 217 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%
WD WDS100T2B0A-00SM 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 567GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 424 460 468 468 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 308 Mixed 390 SusWrite 430 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 38.1 128% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 280 229% 328 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%
WD WD15EARS-00MVWB0 1.5TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 393GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 67 68 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	39% Below average	Read 68 Write 72.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 67.6 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 110%

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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	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16