Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 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	Nov 16 '19 at 01:41
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 516 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 67 63% 73.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 74.3 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 1028 885 1015 1024 1154 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,088 Write 816 Mixed 707 SusWrite 996 202% 902 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 69.2 252% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 654 DQ Mixed 684 550% 782 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 242%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 5.0.Be SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 68 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.3% Above average	Read 254 Write 88.2 Mixed 125 SusWrite 68.8 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 31.7 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 76.4 59% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 187 187 187 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 151 Mixed 72 SusWrite 187 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 249GB free Firmware: BACE1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 62.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 59.9 40% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.8 237% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 27.9 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 110%

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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 $184	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