Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 19:22
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 406 53% 401 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 92.8 89% 105 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 98.9 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$39 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,812 Write 2,148 Mixed 1275 390% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 85.8 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1012 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 1,090 780% 998 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,804 Write 5,512 Mixed 5,307 1,237% 5,541 MB/s	4K Read 522 4K Write 336 4K Mixed 139 1,146% 332 MB/s	DQ Read 1,499 DQ Write 1223 DQ Mixed 1,569 1,118% 1,431 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 144 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 397 Mixed 312 SusWrite 176 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 45.4 175% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 174 180% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 348GB free Firmware: 1C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 83.2 Write 80.5 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 73.8 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 13GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 75 58 57 59 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 51.9 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 68.4 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 51%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 55GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 14 29 28 27 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 84.9 Write 64.4 Mixed 9.1 SusWrite 26 54% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 73% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 30%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 142 141 146 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 126 Write 70.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 140 122% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 162% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X4GF2133C13K4 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CM4X4GF2133C13K4 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 81%

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,395x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16