Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	89.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 00:29
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 430 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.5 0% 6.82 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.79 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.46% Great: 6%
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 83 55% 71 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 80.9 57% 67.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP300 480GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 33 40 45 53 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 616 Mixed 518 SusWrite 43.7 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 35.4 123% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 339 339% 553 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 165%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 32GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 91 92 100 100 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.9% Above average	Read 161 Write 127 Mixed 138 SusWrite 97.5 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 28.8 112% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 115 93% 132 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 81GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 97 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 95.9 67% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 89GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 95 95 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 92 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 94.1 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FADG 2x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 89%

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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	3,882x
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 $129Bench 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