Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	195% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 13:38
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 478 57% 440 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 95 61% 81.9 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 46.3 48% 60.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 978 932 981 986 888 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 949 Write 971 Mixed 687 SusWrite 965 201% 893 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.4 203% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 586 496% 723 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 337GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 457 452 464 463 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 449 Mixed 360 SusWrite 457 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 63.5 205% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 111 112 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 103 Write 95.8 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 111 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 18.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 80%

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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

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) $33	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