Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.2% 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	233% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 11:03
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 225 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 388 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 77 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 72.4 63% 74.9 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 69 52% 62.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 462 409 355 430 420 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,146 Write 1,603 Mixed 1,376 SusWrite 470 311% 1399 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 48.6 225% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,383 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 1183 877% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 340%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 28GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 113 117 126 107 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 360 Write 135 Mixed 180 SusWrite 116 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 31.6 122% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 125 105% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 82%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 55GB free Firmware: KF100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 64.4 Mixed 40 SusWrite 67.2 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 53%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 417GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 108 105 111 113 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 116 Write 143 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 110 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 706GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 99 99 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 106 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 67%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 31 30 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 102 Write 32.2 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 31.8 38% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 1,517 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 115%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16