Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	97.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '23 at 18:23
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 202 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 454 55% 422 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 92% 109 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.4 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 591GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1265 1341 1369 1423 1461 1467 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,340 Write 2,207 Mixed 960 SusWrite 1,388 385% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 82.2 268% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1530 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 971 818% 1,198 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 114 106 93 91 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 449 Mixed 379 SusWrite 135 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 50.2 172% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 622GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 107 106 104 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 70 Write 67.3 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 106 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.8 343% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 29.7 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 103%

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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	3,891x
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 $295	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