Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '23 at 00:05
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 73.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 617 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2112 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 8.5 3% 7.4 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11.7 8% 9.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 67 48 7 29 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 456 Write 396 Mixed 377 SusWrite 99 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 47% 12 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 92%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 52GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 202 203 203 202 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 456 Write 199 Mixed 212 SusWrite 203 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 12.8 97% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 79.5 89% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 415GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 95 97 99 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 81.6 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 96.7 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 59%
Hitach HDT721010SLA360 1TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 818GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 110 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 55 SusWrite 110 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 59%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 52 52 52 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 43.1 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 51.1 34% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 63%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.3 3.8 2.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	2.28% Terrible	Read 8.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 1.1 5% 4.12 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.28% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 88%

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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	3,907x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16