Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 22:04
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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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-$81 342,244 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 (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 213 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 504 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 0 Reflection 63 Parallax 93.6 0% 52.2 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 75 Splatting 46.1 49% 62 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 123 109 48 95 56 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 804 Write 674 Mixed 380 SusWrite 105 109% 491 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 46.3 190% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 347 327% 512 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 144%
Adata SU655 480GB 2,405 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 104GB free Firmware: S0212B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 420 420 139 40 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 430 Mixed 386 SusWrite 252 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 33.5 174% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 54.2 101% 198 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 102%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 402GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 110 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 111 65% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%
ADATA CH11 500GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 466GB free, PID a11a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 112 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 112 122% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 104%

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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 $45Bench 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 $45	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