Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	278% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '20 at 18:57
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 473 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 68.1 8% 51.8 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 75 50% 58.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 22.3% 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% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 590 530 503 486 471 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,482 Write 2,269 Mixed 1,454 SusWrite 580 378% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 85.2 287% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,376 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 1,128 869% 1,190 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 21GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 131 135 134 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 410 Write 151 Mixed 205 SusWrite 133 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.8 156% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 126 104% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 55GB free Firmware: 0-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 64 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 67.3 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 53%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 332GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 114 114 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 16.4 Write 107 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 113 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 745GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 108 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 108 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 32 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 122 Write 32.4 Mixed 38 SusWrite 32.7 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.4% 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 @ 2992 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.5 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 115%

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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	3,891x
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