Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 07:35
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 542 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 10.3 7% 9.53 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 9.6 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 117 83 85 85 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 418 Write 185 Mixed 302 SusWrite 136 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 42.7 165% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 190 163% 238 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 130 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 124 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 134 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	23"	1280 720	ACR0308 Acer S231HL

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
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	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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