Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	91.5% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 23:59
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 742 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 1376) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 30.3 28% 32.7 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 31.9 27% 33.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 960GB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 774GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMKB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 428 425 368 346 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 406 Mixed 367 SusWrite 385 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 31 129% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 199 177% 263 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 104%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 138GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1096 1092 1222 930 772 754 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 1,220 Mixed 861 SusWrite 977 253% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 60.6 212% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 537 402% 544 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 545GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 202 201 204 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 157 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 202 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 552GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 196 195 195 195 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 137 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 192 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 809GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 176 177 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 112 Write 135 Mixed 112 SusWrite 175 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 451% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 898GB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 26 34 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 16% Great: 104%
WD Ext HDD 1021 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 186GB free Firmware: 2002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 38.5 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

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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	3,930x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,410x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16