Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.57% 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	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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '22 at 01:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 540 72% 536 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 85%

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. 27.20.100.9466 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 8.5 6% 8 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 10 Splatting 0.2 5% 6.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.57% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 273 254 252 234 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 445 Mixed 378 SusWrite 268 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.2 219% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 194 195 198 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 139 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 196 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS725050A7 500GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: A910 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 119 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 119 68% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 KHX2133C14D4/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,923x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,402x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16