Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	137% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '21 at 00:02
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 280 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 549 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 123 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 59.7 100% 80.8 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 59.7 49% 59.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 494 274 302 157 241 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 851 Write 559 Mixed 646 SusWrite 311 132% 592 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 55 197% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 471 368% 505 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 144%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 144GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 441 432 445 446 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 467 Mixed 428 SusWrite 416 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 66.8 223% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 67 68 69 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 66.3 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 67.9 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 303GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 65.8 Write 67.7 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 74.5 51% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 146 147 147 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 142 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 145 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,877x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
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	548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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