Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.5% 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	130% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 705 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 79.8 56% 70 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 76.4 54% 65.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 52%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.31 7% 9.65 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 16.9 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 119 26 281 161 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 894 Write 549 Mixed 645 SusWrite 170 125% 565 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 53.4 201% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 462 360% 494 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 144%
Kingdian S400 480GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 203GB free Firmware: S0226A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 211 68 40 33 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 470 Write 391 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 137 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 1.5 51% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 1.8 21% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 180 187 188 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 168 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX1E1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 107 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 30.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 106%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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