Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 06:12
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-6402P 6,801 User benchmarks, average bench 54% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	1-Core 99.1 2-Core 197 70% 148 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 387 52% 383 Pts	64-Core 375 25% 375 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 64,500 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 106 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 101 27% 99.4 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 98 Splatting 77.1 27% 84.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$34 1,170,043 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 53 62 84 62 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 51.1 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 63.6 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$36 11,032 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 74%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $285Bench 76%, 326,590 samples	9,019x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 69%, 204,615 samples	7,031x
Core i7-7700KIntel $345Bench 82%, 317,388 samples	1,093x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	4,403x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples	2,594x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 50%, 447,803 samples	2,172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 496,833 samples	2,820x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples	2,235x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 152,538 samples	531x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	1,770x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 73%, 52,452 samples	1,060x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 28,514 samples	977x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $211

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $630	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24