Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	289% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 08:04
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 483 63% 476 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 103 83% 105 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 95.4 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$180 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 556 956 1010 1096 1097 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,353 Write 1,573 Mixed 135 SusWrite 837 269% 1,225 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 84.8 282% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,308 DQ Write 1,210 DQ Mixed 585 624% 1,034 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 379%
Samsung MZ7KM480HAHP-00005 480GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 64GB free Firmware: GXM1103Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 281 291 397 441 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 447 Mixed 415 SusWrite 339 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 51.7 181% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 347 261% 348 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
ST910082 4A 100GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 93GB free, PID 0501 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 33 34 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 34 Write 34.3 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 29.8 40% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 14%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 406GB free, PID 2120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 28 36 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 28.2 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 32.8 40% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 16%
Apricorn Secure Key 3.0 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 27GB free, PID 1407 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 23 29 32 33 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 38 Write 37.8 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 27.5 46% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 5.5 878% 11.9 MB/s	DQ Read 10.7 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 5.6 914% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 113%
Imation Swivel 4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 0549 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 3.9 4.3 5.6 5.6 5.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 5.8 Mixed 6 SusWrite 4.8 9% 7.98 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 28.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 109%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,399x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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