Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55% 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	200% 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	12.7 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 15:03
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 298 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 584 77% 579 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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 below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55% Above average	Lighting 71.7 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 94.6 58% 80.8 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 46.6 48% 60.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% 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% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 967 1065 978 973 838 752 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 1,054 Mixed 706 SusWrite 929 205% 909 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 61.9 221% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 589 506% 748 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 337GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 460 459 464 466 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 437 Mixed 362 SusWrite 458 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.5 218% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 112 112 113 113 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 111 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% 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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 80%

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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 $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