Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	142% 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	119% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 17:29
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 686 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% XFX(1EAE 6705) ≥ 4GB; XFX Speedster MERC 319 Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	142% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 171 Parallax 369 151% 242 fps	MRender 280 Gravity 122 Splatting 173 154% 192 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 470 471 479 479 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 469 Mixed 429 SusWrite 472 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61 168% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 132%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 93GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 132 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 461 Write 136 Mixed 134 SusWrite 133 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 19.7 127% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 48.4 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 305GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 113 112 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 126 Write 138 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 112 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 282GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 119 118 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 110 Write 134 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 118 71% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 30.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 110%

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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	3,902x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,390x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	814x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	602x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	380x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16