Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.9% 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	190% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 15:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 566 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6150) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 31.5 28% 30.4 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 31.7 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 212 169 170 169 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1443 Write 753 Mixed 582 SusWrite 182 163% 740 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 74.7 275% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 889 DQ Write 745 DQ Mixed 724 568% 786 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 234%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 409GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,255 Write 7,245 Mixed 7,720 1,727% 7,740 MB/s	4K Read 746 4K Write 262 4K Mixed 474 1,877% 494 MB/s	DQ Read 1,755 DQ Write 1,331 DQ Mixed 1,623 1,192% 1,569 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 272GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 106 108 136 139 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 123 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 879GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 185 184 187 186 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 142 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 183 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%
Generic External 500GB 1,039 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 462GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 34 33 33 32 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 30.4 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 32.8 41% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB 3,384 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
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	810x
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