Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 75.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 528 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Lighting 51.6 Reflection 51.7 Parallax 60.4 42% 54.5 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 36.8 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 489 Write 246 Mixed 265 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 23.7 100% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 46.2 85% 171 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 141 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 215GB free Firmware: SM12 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 94 Write 100 Mixed 87.3 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 2x4GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,881x
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 $129Bench 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