Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% 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	190% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 14:06
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 239 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 467 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 94.2 61% 81.7 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 46.4 48% 60.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 940 993 955 854 712 731 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 999 Mixed 681 SusWrite 864 197% 873 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.1 192% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 585 525% 803 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 337GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 450 448 454 456 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 392 Mixed 374 SusWrite 447 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.8 211% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 333 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 113 114 114 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 113 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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