Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.6% 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	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 633 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 50.5 47% 62.2 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 0.1 32% 44.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128M 128GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 95 105 97 108 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.9% Below average	Read 244 Write 138 Mixed 176 SusWrite 103 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 7.5 56% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free Firmware: SBFA10.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 383 Mixed 353 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 36.7 150% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 207 186% 281 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 91%
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 48GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 421 435 435 442 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 427 Mixed 424 SusWrite 412 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52 175% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 286 231% 328 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 30GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 130 128 128 128 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 416 Write 137 Mixed 201 SusWrite 123 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.1 136% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 152 124% 181 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 147GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 76.6 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 41.4 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 44%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 190GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 122 121 123 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70% Very good	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 120 68% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 81%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,929x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,409x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	607x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	234x

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	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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