Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 05:41
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 554 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 116 Parallax 249 98% 161 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 160 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 270 264 274 258 264 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 400 Write 334 Mixed 241 SusWrite 268 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 31.9 120% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 133 116% 169 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 105%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 296GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 421 425 436 437 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 439 Mixed 417 SusWrite 429 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 55.5 184% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 323 244% 329 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 487GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 86 89 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 80.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 87.4 101% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 45%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 82GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 55 58 55 54 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 59.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 56.1 66% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 44%
WDC WD10 01FALS-00K1B0 1TB 320GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 16 14 15 14 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.7% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 26.8 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 14.5 33% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.4 MB/s

WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 12GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 11 13 13 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Read 31.3 Write 22.2 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 13.1 25% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 15% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 95%

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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	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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