Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.1% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '23 at 09:52
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 432 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 68.3 57% 70.7 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 66.3 55% 67.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,774 Write 812 Mixed 562 229% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 43.6 163% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 374 334% 526 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$245 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 446 465 475 476 473 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 418 Mixed 409 SusWrite 436 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 47 158% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$98 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 985GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 175 179 174 180 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 153 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 177 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Samsung Flash Drive 257GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 239GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 320 Write 94 Mixed 102 175% 172 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 3.1 776% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 23.9 DQ Mixed 2.6 960% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 129%
HGST HDS 724040ALE640 4TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 785GB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 116 114 115 114 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 115 127% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 110% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 83%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,923x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,401x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16