Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 08:03
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 283 43% 313 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 99.6 77% 100 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 94.4 75% 91.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 133 129 129 132 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 445 Write 349 Mixed 298 SusWrite 135 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 37.7 136% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 113 117% 192 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 814GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 171 171 171 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 173 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 170 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 108%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 170GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 40 39 40 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 33.8 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 39.4 46% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.5 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 27.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%

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

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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	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $45Bench 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 $45	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