Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% 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	116% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 13:05
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 791 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 82 82% 91.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 79.7 74% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 225 194 175 164 161 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 458 Mixed 379 SusWrite 233 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.2 210% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 811GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 43 47 50 47 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 71 Write 53.1 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 50.3 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 96%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 281GB free Firmware: AX003M SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 94 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 94.7 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%
Hitachi HTS541064A9E680 640GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 447GB free Firmware: JA4OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 62 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 81.2 Write 82.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 62.6 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3289 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 32.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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