Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 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 (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 i5-6402P 9,816 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 197 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 387 52% 383 Pts	64-Core 375 25% 375 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 77,128 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 106 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 101 28% 99.4 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 98 Splatting 77.1 27% 84.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,779,442 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-$38 13,271 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd 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: 90%

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

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Gaming 75%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $386

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $290Bench 85%, 385,752 samples	11,797x
Core i5-6600KIntel $205Bench 81%, 264,584 samples	9,332x
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 77%, 160,168 samples	1,487x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $408Bench 78%, 785,629 samples	5,642x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples	3,257x
GTX 970Nvidia $395Bench 52%, 541,463 samples	2,795x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples	3,514x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples	2,779x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 175,522 samples	609x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 84%, 374,591 samples	2,307x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 62,869 samples	1,393x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 41,556 samples	1,304x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $1,234

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $196	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $345	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $56

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16