Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.3% 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	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (50%). 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 781 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 55.7 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 52.2 45% 57.4 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 72.7 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 154 86 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 430 Write 418 Mixed 343 SusWrite 145 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 32.1 113% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 182 176% 279 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 100%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free Firmware: 5.41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 158 170 149 174 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 388 Write 220 Mixed 209 SusWrite 158 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 38.7 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 168 140% 201 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 83%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 53GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,907 Write 1,428 Mixed 806 304% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 52.4 181% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 428 322% 432 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 148 144 146 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 155 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 146 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 201% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.7 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 32.6 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

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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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Gaming 69%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $40Bench 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 $40	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