Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% 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	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 14:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 526 63% 487 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 116 Parallax 122 99% 120 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.3 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 741GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 462 469 476 472 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 457 Mixed 431 SusWrite 463 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.6 192% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW80 800GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 68GB free Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 949 Write 879 Mixed 554 176% 794 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 214 4K Mixed 48.5 227% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,614 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 959 790% 1,150 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 227%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$89 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 207GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 463 469 448 197 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 457 Mixed 386 SusWrite 362 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.1 206% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 903GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 182 182 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 156 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 181 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 340% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 85%

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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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,382x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,323x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
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 $269	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 $40	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