Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	275% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 07:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 784 75% 619 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.06 6% 9.38 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.5 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1042 1072 1084 1067 1098 1096 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1896 Write 1,095 Mixed 960 SusWrite 1,077 280% 1,257 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 88.1 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 622 549% 815 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 258%
Transcend TS128XBTMT3D58G 128GB 1,112 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free Firmware: Q0606BMS SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 409 411 418 417 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 473 Write 404 Mixed 337 SusWrite 415 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 14.7 117% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 77.7 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 20.1 68% 140 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 808GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 99 98 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 134 Write 97 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 97.4 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 104 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDD1 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 15.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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