Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 29 days ago, 23 days ago, 9 days ago, 2 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 21:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$267 535,154 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 89% 153 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 628 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 623 42% 623 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$210 485,276 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 62.9 53% 65.7 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 63 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 3,964 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 222 152 78 138 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 475 Write 419 Mixed 262 SusWrite 159 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 30.8 106% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 207 166% 240 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$68 57,932 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 178 183 179 164 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 140 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 173 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$89 79,760 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 83%, 535,154 samples	5,034x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 81%, 290,890 samples	3,759x
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 75%, 199,289 samples	714x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	2,095x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	1,118x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,119,893 samples	1,101x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 758,733 samples	1,064x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 660,175 samples	954x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 375,788 samples	344x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	862x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 72%, 79,760 samples	543x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	529x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,069

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16