Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	165% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 462 54% 418 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (69 fps cap detected)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 66.9 56% 68.7 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 68.5 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 471 443 438 426 419 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,276 Write 692 Mixed 586 SusWrite 450 166% 751 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 46.2 190% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1056 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 360 338% 550 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 243%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 30GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 175 229 309 356 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 272 Mixed 231 SusWrite 267 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.1 151% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 124 138% 238 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 822GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 78 79 81 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 89.3 Write 86.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 76.7 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 99%

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

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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