Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 14:06
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 183 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 398 54% 399 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2061) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.20 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 111 Parallax 107 95% 111 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 0.09 53% 75.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 143 144 71 40 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 403 Write 287 Mixed 136 SusWrite 98.7 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 27.2 103% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 126 139% 238 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 108%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 47GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 248 312 285 285 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 417 Write 306 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 283 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 12 48% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 18.2 DQ Mixed 18.3 15% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 56%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 276GB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 84.2 Write 56 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 73.3 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 106 86 89 140 112 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 109 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 88%

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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	3,890x
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	809x
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 $179	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