Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '20 at 01:44
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 804 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1120 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 9.73 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 106 8% 57.9 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 74.3 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 62%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.55% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.28 6% 9.15 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 375 374 376 362 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 472 Mixed 427 SusWrite 372 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.1 213% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB 7,301 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free Firmware: 80001E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 312 312 312 312 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 469 Mixed 1,037 SusWrite 332 175% 792 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 73.4 262% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 641 492% 662 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 163%
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 158GB free Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1542 403 401 382 379 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,866 Write 396 Mixed 827 SusWrite 582 201% 918 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 79.1 277% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,173 DQ Write 1,212 DQ Mixed 778 699% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 242%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 412GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 430 308 109 192 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 105 Mixed 338 SusWrite 282 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.4 171% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 226 194% 283 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.1 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 33 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%

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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	3,891x
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 $295	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