Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.86% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	156% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 01:02
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 595 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 17.8 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 805 812 801 815 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 727 Mixed 586 SusWrite 745 152% 673 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 58.1 224% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 300 246% 350 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 156%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 97GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 99 111 111 111 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 26 SusWrite 109 66% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 275GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 163 163 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 108 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 164 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 113%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 211GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 58 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 57.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 58.2 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 44%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 3,976 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 2.7 5.2 6.6 6 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 0.7 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 5.2 8% 8.25 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%

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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