Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% 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	82.1% 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	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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$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 (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 787 74% 616 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 63.2 53% 66.6 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 56.7 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 302 298 326 322 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 354 Mixed 266 SusWrite 317 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 28.7 111% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 157 127% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 516GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 488 487 491 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 469 Mixed 416 SusWrite 486 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 65.1 216% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 196 199 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 126 Mixed 77 SusWrite 196 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 404GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 77 75 76 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 90.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 76 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 62%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 54GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 133 133 133 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 132 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

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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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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	3,882x
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 $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	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 $182	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) $30	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