Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '22 at 17:17
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 379 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 6.3 4% 5.73 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 9.2 6% 7.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 153 55 56 116 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 427 Write 284 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 125 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 19.4 72% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 35.8 DQ Mixed 114 93% 140 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 970GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 73 79 83 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 82.7 Write 83 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 80.1 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 499GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 150 157 157 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 101 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 148 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 4.5 0 1.5 5.7 4.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	8.24% Terrible	Read 41.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.6 12% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16