Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% 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	330% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '20 at 18:13
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 504 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E410) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.1% Above average	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 246 26% 102 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 162 117% 140 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 895GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1819 1517 1518 1525 1524 1523 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 1,990 Write 2,038 Mixed 1,653 SusWrite 1,571 408% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 77.7 276% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,713 DQ Write 1406 DQ Mixed 1,548 1,162% 1,556 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 347%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 400 402 402 402 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 399 Mixed 276 SusWrite 401 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 18 135% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 109 129% 220 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 78%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 745GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 693GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 45 31 31 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 40 SusWrite 33.5 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 76%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 231GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 31 26 31 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 108 Write 60.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 30.5 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 102%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 163 167 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 164 Write 173 Mixed 126 SusWrite 166 214% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 25.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,922x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,400x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

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	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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