Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% 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	28.1 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 20:15
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 248 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 651 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 91.9 56% 74.8 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 47.1 49% 61.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 349 621 618 532 335 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,132 Write 845 Mixed 523 SusWrite 482 166% 746 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 48 159% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,144 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 224 266% 494 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 28 28 29 27 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 122 Write 26.4 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 27.9 36% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 63%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$100 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 157 159 162 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 170 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 159 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.9 221% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 113%
JMicron Generic 512GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 132GB free, PID 0583 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 593 588 591 617 548 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 602 Mixed 478 SusWrite 577 750% 540 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 33.4 2,472% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 45.2 4,101% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 316%
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: 69 73 72 70 73 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 75.4 Write 72.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 71 94% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 78% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.5% 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)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 31 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,923x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,401x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	231x

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	301x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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