Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '21 at 03:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 503 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C92) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 36 Parallax 28.1 22% 30.5 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 26.4 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC511 HFM256GDJTNI-82A0A 256GB 8,367 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 532 332 321 315 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 974 Write 930 Mixed 921 SusWrite 429 183% 814 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 76 250% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 684 538% 742 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 183%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 657GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 103 106 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 96.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 104 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 74: 10R 5G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
74%	25%	95	299	220	60	23"	1920 1080	SAM0643 SMB2330

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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 $134	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