Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.4% 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	219% 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 20:12
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 486 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0525) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.8.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 81.5 53% 71.4 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 57 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1158 1144 1175 1171 1119 1036 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 1,208 Mixed 813 SusWrite 1,134 255% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 53 199% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,148 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 450 413% 656 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 237%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 70 83 80 84 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 278 Write 127 Mixed 158 SusWrite 78.8 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 28.8 121% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 105 79% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 153 153 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 412 Write 154 Mixed 214 SusWrite 153 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 39.1 146% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 134 97% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 7 7.1 7 6.9 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.97% Terrible	Read 37.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 6.9 15% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.97% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 29.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 97%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $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 $177	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