Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 12:42
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 589 78% 587 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 102 Parallax 88.5 77% 95.2 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 87.6 Splatting 92.2 74% 90.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 70 2.9 3.2 3.2 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 504 Write 247 Mixed 315 SusWrite 53.9 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 13.4 42% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 39 74% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 123 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 128 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 124 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 385GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 83 83 82 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 81.7 Write 86 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 82.3 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 937GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 111 112 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 107 Write 117 Mixed 52 SusWrite 111 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 101 103 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 97.2 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 102 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 27.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 28.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 107%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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 $269	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 $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