Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 23:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$134 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 464 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 48.3 Parallax 40.6 26% 40.1 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 38.9 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 301 273 285 294 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 452 Mixed 379 SusWrite 304 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 316 239% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA7250SBSUN500G 0835JGYMGF 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 250GB free Firmware: GK6OA90A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 82 Write 81 Mixed 47 SusWrite 72.7 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 48%
Hitachi HUA721075KLA330 750GB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 698GB free Firmware: GK8OA74A SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 81 Write 80 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 82.1 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 101%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,945x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,418x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	744x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

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