Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.5% 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 578 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 9580) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 106 63% 85.4 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 58.6 56% 69.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,822 Write 5,266 Mixed 8,047 1,638% 7,378 MB/s	4K Read 774 4K Write 306 4K Mixed 415 1,867% 498 MB/s	DQ Read 1,945 DQ Write 1,612 DQ Mixed 1769 1,327% 1,775 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 584GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 132 133 132 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 144 Write 104 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 131 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 534GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 170 170 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 133 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	3,882x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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