Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 09:09
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 89.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 486 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 91% 109 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 95.9 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,754 Write 1,838 Mixed 1,229 358% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 89 307% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1004 DQ Write 901 DQ Mixed 1,112 790% 1,006 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,213 Write 7,282 Mixed 7,118 1,611% 7,204 MB/s	4K Read 589 4K Write 446 4K Mixed 258 1,459% 431 MB/s	DQ Read 1,870 DQ Write 1,498 DQ Mixed 1,609 1,225% 1,659 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 144 144 143 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 399 Mixed 323 SusWrite 174 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.6 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 177 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 348GB free Firmware: 1C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 80.9 Write 79.1 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 74 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 69%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 13GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 74 58 59 76 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 50.2 Write 47.8 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 70.8 39% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X4GF2133C13K4 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CM4X4GF2133C13K4 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2600, 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 30.1 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 81%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,923x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,401x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 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	231x

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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $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