Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.9% 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	212% 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 09:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 417 53% 404 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0525) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 83.4 49% 68.2 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 46.5 46% 58.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 327 331 333 334 330 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,978 Write 1,498 Mixed 584 SusWrite 373 245% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 53.1 208% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 1,059 DQ Mixed 693 618% 927 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
Intel SSDSCKJB480G7 480GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 843GB free Firmware: N2010121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 501 501 509 515 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 496 Mixed 288 SusWrite 504 87% 381 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 32.6 115% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 294 230% 320 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 65 66 65 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 96 Write 90.6 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 64.3 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 56%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: CP100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 65.4 Write 34.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 80.5 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,914x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,398x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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