Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	152% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 20:06
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 688 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 91.9 56% 74.8 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 47.1 49% 61.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 493 631 626 367 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,160 Write 919 Mixed 582 SusWrite 480 175% 785 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 41 156% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,164 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 216 264% 497 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 254%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 29 28 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 111 Write 27.6 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 28.3 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 63%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 158 158 161 158 161 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 173 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 160 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 206% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 113%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 360GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 72 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 76.7 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 72 98% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 82% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVK F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GVK 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 108%

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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	3,945x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,418x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	744x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

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