Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	274% 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	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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 11:22
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 148 2-Core 267 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 553 75% 557 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 112 Parallax 236 116% 164 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 159 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 961 1058 1043 1038 1020 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,081 Write 944 Mixed 1,056 SusWrite 882 275% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 91 309% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 1,018 DQ Mixed 640 562% 830 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 241%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 203GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 463 473 476 455 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 449 Mixed 418 SusWrite 427 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 64.7 224% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 129%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 63GB free Firmware: 5.8.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 150 147 143 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 389 Write 164 Mixed 199 SusWrite 144 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.9 169% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 171 132% 179 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 394GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 177 181 180 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 193 Mixed 37 SusWrite 178 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 1,631 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 30.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 104%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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