Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.5% 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	65.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 21:40
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 460 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 59 49% 61.8 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 59 Splatting 52 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 108 104 100 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 291 Write 229 Mixed 239 SusWrite 116 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 39.1 130% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 150 111% 147 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 125GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 157 173 236 238 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 306 Write 270 Mixed 242 SusWrite 191 57% 252 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 40.6 129% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 145 114% 158 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 55GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 55.8 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 37.3 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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