Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% 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	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 09:41
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 128 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 475 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 68 Parallax 59.6 50% 62.9 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 54.6 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JAJS300M240C 240GB 1,437 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2200SC6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 358 448 468 469 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 421 Mixed 385 SusWrite 411 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 53.2 187% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 228 178% 241 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 128GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free Firmware: K8PA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 132 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 401 Write 116 Mixed 172 SusWrite 130 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.5 150% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 152 129% 193 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 329GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 130 133 133 126 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 128 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 57GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 147 Write 38 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 35.2 83% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3 214% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 46%

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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	3,891x
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 $177	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