Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '23 at 05:59
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 198 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 281 41% 300 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 82.3 74% 87 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 78 Splatting 70 69% 86.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC3000S512G 512GB 2,843 User benchmarks, average bench 323% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: EIFK31.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 963 831 734 440 443 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,301 Write 1,490 Mixed 1358 SusWrite 733 275% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 39.9 125% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 695 509% 673 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 451%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$62 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 108GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 147 150 148 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 120 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 142 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 98%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$62 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 62GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 147 152 152 151 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 137 Write 139 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 149 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 111GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 157 156 158 159 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 116 Write 83.7 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 157 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST9750423AS 750GB-$74 3,332 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 584GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 78 79 79 79 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 79.9 Write 82.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 76.2 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-118.A00G 99U5713-012.A00G 16GB 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.5% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,396x
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 $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	301x

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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