Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 02:01
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 29.1 2-Core 76 43% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 368 31% 270 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.35% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 9.09 7% 8.46 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.92 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.35% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 87% 111 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 697 Write 149 Mixed 202 75% 349 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 37.9 136% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 210 162% 223 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 117%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 556GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 923 Write 356 Mixed 439 125% 573 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 40.3 113% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 348 268% 367 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 382%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 392 Write 149 Mixed 193 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 37.1 139% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 160 122% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 84GB free Firmware: LSF031C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 400 Write 431 Mixed 357 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.9 156% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 244 199% 280 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 19.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 122%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,931x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,412x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,336x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16