Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.1% 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	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '23 at 07:02
Run Duration	394 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 549 59% 467 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 528.24 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 70.2 60% 73.5 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 69.7 55% 67.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 60%
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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 8.9 6% 7.73 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 12.1 8% 9.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 85 6.8 21 62 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 337 Write 299 Mixed 300 SusWrite 79.8 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 20 82% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 158 136% 202 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 158GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 120 118 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 104 Write 114 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 120 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 109%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 00d7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.5 4.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Read 23.4 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.1 9% 9.05 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 7%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 0GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.3 2 3.7 3.7 3.4 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	9.73% Terrible	Read 31.8 Write 2 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 3.2 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 110% 2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.73% Great: 13%

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 @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 80%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	549x
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 $279	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 $184	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