Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% 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	225% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 02:44
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 550 75% 556 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 133C) ≥ 4GB; PNY RTX2060S (Super) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 116 Parallax 119 98% 119 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 109 Splatting 100 99% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 313 313 312 311 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,007 Write 1,244 Mixed 525 SusWrite 357 227% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 63.1 235% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,192 DQ Write 1,081 DQ Mixed 684 637% 986 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 87GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 303 304 287 288 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 370 Mixed 273 SusWrite 294 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51 181% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 244 210% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 164GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 78 79 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.8 Write 69.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 78.6 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 149GB free Firmware: MX1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 72.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 91.8 51% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%

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

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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	3,882x
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) $35	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