Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 16:43
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 720 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2282 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 109 Parallax 71.1 61% 84.9 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 74 Splatting 70.1 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 84 72 69 84 74 MB/s Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.7% Good	Read 251 Write 115 Mixed 164 SusWrite 78.9 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34.6 142% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 88.8 70% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 78GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 435 270 111 58 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 407 Mixed 404 SusWrite 231 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 32.8 159% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 48.8 101% 201 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 70GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 207 192 32 109 55 MB/s Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.1% Good	Read 174 Write 214 Mixed 210 SusWrite 136 42% 183 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 29.7 118% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 119 117% 187 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 98%

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

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,893x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,322x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
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 $269	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