Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 14:52
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 765 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 159 Parallax 128 113% 142 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 107 Splatting 92.6 92% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 398GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 491 495 498 497 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 495 Mixed 453 SusWrite 494 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 61.9 214% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$31 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 366 366 365 364 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 495 Mixed 461 SusWrite 365 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 71 238% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 274 230% 335 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 128%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 464GB free Firmware: 0-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 46 47 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 86.4 Mixed 52 SusWrite 46.5 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 448GB free Firmware: 0-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 70 66 69 73 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 68.4 Write 77.1 Mixed 50 SusWrite 71 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 44%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 591GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 37.1 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 42.2 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 95%

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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 69%

Battle cruiser

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	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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