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

13 days ago, 12 days ago, 11 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days 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 4,848 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 (87^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: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 52,757 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: 37%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$41 941,873 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 (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: 52% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$60 7,061 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: 41% ↑ 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 85%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $310Bench 88%, 252,927 samples	6,922x
Core i5-6600KIntel $237Bench 85%, 176,089 samples	5,421x
Core i7-7700KIntel $390Bench 96%, 225,039 samples	867x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $345Bench 97%, 479,344 samples	3,449x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 363,472 samples	2,022x
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 395,234 samples	1,746x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $46Bench 105%, 404,154 samples	2,309x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 112%, 290,212 samples	1,763x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 199%, 126,726 samples	465x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $115Bench 83%, 160,158 samples	1,384x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $94Bench 72%, 39,286 samples	814x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 73%, 26,050 samples	773x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $970

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $345	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $46
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $149	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $80
Intel Core i5-8600K $259	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $92

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $126	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12