Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '23 at 23:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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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 i5-6600K-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 432 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6674) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 126 Parallax 79.1 77% 100 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 95.3 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 68GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 355 322 376 275 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 420 Write 375 Mixed 354 SusWrite 306 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 29.3 104% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 123 118% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 84 72 92 96 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 85.3 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 194 199 197 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 158 Mixed 78 SusWrite 197 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 73%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,912x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,398x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
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	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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