Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 05:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 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 (87^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 468 61% 461 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 49.4 62% 67.1 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 71.8 58% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 79 88 91 90 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 142 Write 137 Mixed 102 SusWrite 86.1 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 93 95 95 94 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 103 Write 94.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 95 115% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 33% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 114%

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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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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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