Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 17:45
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 63.7 1-Core 26 2-Core 82 36% 57.2 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 496 48% 396 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8703) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67% Good	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 120 52% 89.1 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.7 95% 120 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 292 285 236 234 230 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 378 Write 382 Mixed 334 SusWrite 262 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 17.7 58% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 324 228% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 679GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 296 306 326 359 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 386 Write 336 Mixed 347 SusWrite 327 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 20.7 73% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 288 215% 286 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 121%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 45 46 46 47 48 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 61 Write 56.8 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 46.3 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 43%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 115GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 88 89 87 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 83.2 Write 43.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 87.4 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 59%
Toshiba MK3276GSX 320GB-$10 4,568 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 90GB free Firmware: GS001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 48.2 Write 42.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 65.8 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 47%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 151 169 177 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 118 Write 140 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 161 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 264% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 26 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 8.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 79%

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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%

Gunboat

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