Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 17:41
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 540 66% 508 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.1% Very good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 102 Parallax 95.8 74% 96.1 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 85.4 Splatting 90.9 72% 87.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 351 453 464 466 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 358 SusWrite 426 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48.8 173% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 255 220% 324 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 249GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 169 169 178 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 73 SusWrite 175 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G Corsair CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 KHX2400C15D4/4G Corsair CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 100%

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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%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,922x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,400x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,333x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16