Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '20 at 22:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 544 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2683) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 54.1 36% 46.4 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 38.1 38% 47.3 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 35%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.2 84% 105 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 102 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A480G 480GB 848 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 306 175 43 0.6 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 471 Mixed 384 SusWrite 134 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42 159% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 197 188% 294 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 270GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 170 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 136 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 169 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 50GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 82.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 62.7 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 31.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 97%

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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	3,890x
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	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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