Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% 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	109% 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 (31%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 03:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 268 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 713 67% 555 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.9% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 71.8 55% 74.9 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 78 64% 77.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 95 91 113 116 123 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 1,459 Write 138 Mixed 258 SusWrite 106 105% 490 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 27.3 88% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 204 194% 321 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 102GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 14 18 19 21 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22% Poor	Read 89 Write 65.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 17.6 14% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 15.1 49% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 42.4 32% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 124%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 13 16 16 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 55.2 Write 46.7 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 14.8 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 83%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,042 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 3 2.9 2.6 3.1 2.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	4.22% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 11.5 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 2.8 14% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.22% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $300	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