Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.8% 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	82.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 01:01
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 215 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 330 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.8% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 56.4 37% 48.3 fps	MRender 43.8 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 55.4 39% 46.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 192 128 126 57 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 429 Write 366 Mixed 219 SusWrite 139 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 41.6 143% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 203 174% 255 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 292GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 85 91 90 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 83.5 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 89.3 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 112%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 100 102 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 97.3 Write 97 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 101 121% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	376x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16