Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.7% 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	201% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	28.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 23:25
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 538 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 34 Parallax 31.2 29% 33.6 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 33 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 146GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82934608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 15 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 341 (F9) Unknown 100 100 58332533	85.6% Excellent	Read 496 Write 479 Mixed 492 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 14.7 74% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 74.1 126% 245 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 1,113 Mixed 1,299 328% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 20.4 116% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 18.5 114% 261 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 111GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80902992 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 4 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 348 (F2) Unknown 100 100 417 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14874981	84.6% Excellent	Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 486 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 11.8 71% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 13.3 99% 228 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%

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 @ 2197 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

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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	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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