Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '24 at 04:27
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 632 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 182 87% 133 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 138 Splatting 76.5 82% 102 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 361 355 360 344 354 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 358 Mixed 335 SusWrite 356 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 44.3 158% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 255 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 130%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 118GB free Firmware: 42AZS6AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 624 523 528 526 527 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,589 Write 1,818 Mixed 162 SusWrite 542 280% 1,278 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 73.2 241% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 497 446% 684 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 318%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 4x8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.4 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 96%

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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: 0P 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	22	1	60	40"	1280 720	SAM0C39 SAMSUNG

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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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16