Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.7% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 05:18
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 242 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 593 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.7% Average	Lighting 53.7 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 51 44% 55.7 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 54.2 Splatting 70.5 55% 67.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,735 Write 1,218 Mixed 700 268% 1,218 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 50.3 201% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,152 DQ Write 1,031 DQ Mixed 743 653% 975 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 164 185 186 184 184 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 141 Write 167 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 181 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 266GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 12 14 18 31 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.58% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 36.3 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 24.3 14% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 8.58% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 32.8 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 121%

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

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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