Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35% 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	212% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 10:11
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 413 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 37 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 51.6 40% 49.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 222 222 219 220 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,936 Write 1,287 Mixed 490 SusWrite 278 219% 998 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 55.2 220% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 1,194 DQ Mixed 699 647% 990 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 12GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 139 170 186 168 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 325 Write 210 Mixed 228 SusWrite 156 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 41.3 152% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 191 156% 225 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 20GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 446 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56 187% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 334 253% 341 MB/s
Poor: 89% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-4GTZB F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-4GTZB 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3001, 3001, 3001, 3001 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	100% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 34 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 26.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16