Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% 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

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 month 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 (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6402P 5,761 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	SC Int 95.7 SC Float 104 SC Mixed 99.1 80% 99.4 Pts	QC Int 367 QC Float 413 QC Mixed 379 88% 386 Pts	MC Int 359 MC Float 410 MC Mixed 375 57% 381 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 61,172 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 106 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 101 32% 99.4 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 98 Splatting 77.1 36% 84.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,051,015 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 53 62 84 62 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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-$50 8,166 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^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: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $302Bench 89%, 290,666 samples	7,589x
Core i5-6600KIntel $235Bench 84%, 174,678 samples	5,932x
Core i7-7700KIntel $366Bench 96%, 282,301 samples	944x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $379Bench 98%, 545,643 samples	3,752x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 122%, 465,183 samples	2,215x
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 449,864 samples	1,878x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 360,609 samples	2,482x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 308,458 samples	1,902x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 123,965 samples	483x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 86%, 178,354 samples	1,506x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $80Bench 72%, 41,748 samples	884x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $122Bench 73%, 27,132 samples	833x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $366	Nvidia GTX 1070 $379	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $115	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $93

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $711	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $100	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12