Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.07% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	357% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '22 at 20:21
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 717 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.6 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.63 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 13.9 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2005 2264 2229 2309 510 464 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,570 Write 2020 Mixed 2,269 SusWrite 1630 476% 2,122 MB/s	4K Read 77.2 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 99.9 329% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,016 DQ Mixed 1,133 856% 1,155 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 442%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 71GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 99 83 79 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 454 Mixed 397 SusWrite 111 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.1 174% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 248 205% 294 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 258GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 152 80 80 77 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 434 Mixed 402 SusWrite 151 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 51.7 180% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 240 202% 292 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 246GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 484 483 483 483 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 487 Mixed 407 SusWrite 483 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 68 229% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 134%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 106GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 471 481 483 453 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 127 Mixed 309 SusWrite 464 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57.1 177% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 244 210% 312 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 122%

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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $269	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 $45	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