Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	237% 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	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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 16:34
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$138 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 210 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 84.5 74% 89.2 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 72.9 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$39 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 693 700 696 677 681 676 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 2020 Mixed 1,394 SusWrite 687 343% 1,534 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 72.4 235% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 676 DQ Mixed 889 667% 901 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 341GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 416 426 439 449 437 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 444 Mixed 345 SusWrite 406 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 54.1 178% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 322 245% 330 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$49 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 256GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.1 1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 4.1 60% 83 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2448, 2448, 2448, 2448 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 22: 1R 5G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	19%	43	8	5	60	27"	2560 1440	BNQ7955 BenQ EW2780Q

History: Score 6: 1R 0G 1B | Score 22: 1R 5G 2B

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $204

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $350Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,006x
Core i5-6600KIntel $124Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,853x
Core i7-6700Intel $350Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,006x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	617x
GTX 1080Nvidia $399Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	571x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	481x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	450x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	186x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	435x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	289x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	235x

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Total price: $867

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16