Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 00:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$142 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 441 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% ASRock(1849 5030) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1370 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 84.4 55% 74.1 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 56.8 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 323 93 250 64 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 859 Write 582 Mixed 594 SusWrite 163 122% 549 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 43.4 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 41.4 128% 270 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 157%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$71 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 194GB free Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 435 450 442 449 450 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 445 Mixed 408 SusWrite 445 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 42 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 269 216% 303 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 127%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 77.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 49 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 419GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 85 SusWrite 105 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	739x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16