Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.8% 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	298% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 22:21
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 733 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.8% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 58.7 47% 60.3 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 51 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 809GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 1685 1757 1749 1800 1812 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 1,642 Write 1,922 Mixed 1,489 SusWrite 1,683 380% 1,684 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 73.9 247% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,298 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 1,184 890% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 365%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 167GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 125 125 126 125 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 385 Write 108 Mixed 138 SusWrite 118 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 19.4 71% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 49.7 DQ Mixed 64.6 57% 88.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 67GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 83 82 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.2 Write 71.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 79.1 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 553GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 122 126 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 27.9 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 126 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 72%
WD My Book 1230 5TB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 129 162% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 136% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZB G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 51: 8R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
51%	37%	41	308	225	60	23.5"	1920 1080	ACI249A ASUS VS247

History: Score 38: 6R 2G 2B | Score 51: 8R 2G 5B

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $178	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