Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 17:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 404 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 70.9 66% 77.3 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 77.8 64% 77.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,978 Write 1,469 Mixed 936 322% 1,461 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 86 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 1,327 DQ Mixed 1,005 799% 1,101 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-000H1 128GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 30GB free Firmware: EMT02H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 151 151 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 152 Mixed 182 SusWrite 151 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 36.2 164% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 183 154% 229 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 174 171 175 175 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 164 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 172 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 33.4 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

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 $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	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) $35	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