Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	156% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '22 at 22:45
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$215 351,967 User benchmarks, average bench 79% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 490 67% 489 Pts	64-Core 489 33% 489 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$290 1,300,415 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.7% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 67.5 56% 70.7 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 68.1 57% 68.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$54 39,546 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR031 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 287 105 113 144 777 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 925 Write 1,065 Mixed 869 SusWrite 302 178% 790 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 69.1 250% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 488 381% 514 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 253%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$200 66,859 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 72GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 66 130 145 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 424 Mixed 367 SusWrite 122 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.5 206% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 329 250% 337 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 849,566 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 170GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 66 130 163 259 235 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 430 Mixed 358 SusWrite 158 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.9 211% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 336 251% 332 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%
WD WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 4TB 742 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3TB free Firmware: 81.00B81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 64 124 154 179 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 162 Mixed 116 SusWrite 129 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 308% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,028,323 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 546GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 57 91 98 97 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 176 Write 168 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 83.9 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$72 540,354 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.5 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $300Bench 83%, 588,541 samples	7,205x
Core i5-6600KIntel $215Bench 79%, 351,967 samples	5,196x
Core i7-6700Intel $300Bench 75%, 265,119 samples	1,063x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	2,865x
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 105%, 915,325 samples	1,558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,300,415 samples	1,537x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 849,566 samples	1,444x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 110%, 710,750 samples	1,294x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 594,660 samples	489x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 83%, 540,354 samples	1,182x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 96,275 samples	737x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples	729x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16