Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '23 at 09:57
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$113 342,244 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 (68^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 252 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 423 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.1% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 69.2 58% 71.8 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 67.8 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,651 Write 882 Mixed 572 226% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 49.9 195% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,066 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 367 341% 552 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$235 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 457 472 479 478 477 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 432 Mixed 433 SusWrite 444 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.5 178% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 985GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 34.1 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 108%
Samsung Flash Drive 257GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 239GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 262 Write 80.2 Mixed 91.2 150% 144 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 2.8 737% 9.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 3.4 983% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 129%
HGST HDS 724040ALE640 4TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 785GB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 115 114 115 112 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 114 124% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 83%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,931x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,412x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,336x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16