Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 15:32
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 554 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 87.9 62% 76.3 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 82.8 60% 71.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 799 Write 557 Mixed 563 142% 640 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 55.5 199% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 316 259% 360 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 320GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 82 82 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 73 Write 74.6 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 81.2 46% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 57%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 187GB free Firmware: AX003M SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 72 73 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 71.3 41% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 435GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 182 185 181 158 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 178 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.4 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 98%

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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 $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