Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 23:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 216 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 409 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 74.4 62% 75.7 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 71.6 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 79 67 62 71 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 240 Write 151 Mixed 157 SusWrite 68.3 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 23.6 113% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 84.9 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 110 85% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 73%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 302GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 411 431 428 432 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 437 Mixed 314 SusWrite 423 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.8 190% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 167 167% 269 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 111%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 35GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 62 64 82 79 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 77.7 Write 71.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 76.6 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 190 189 187 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 165 Mixed 84 SusWrite 188 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 107%

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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	3,891x
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