Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.1% 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)
Boot Drive	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 18:39
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 443 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 62.1 48% 62 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 50.5 47% 59.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 152 166 166 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 332 Write 262 Mixed 258 SusWrite 157 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 39.3 141% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 127 114% 167 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 184GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 248 220 225 231 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 401 Write 322 Mixed 286 SusWrite 232 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 24.8 90% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 81.4 DQ Mixed 104 88% 131 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 247GB free Firmware: SD04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 83 83 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 76.3 Write 13.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 81.9 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 729GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 152 156 158 162 161 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 93 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 155 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 475GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 173 172 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 134 Mixed 83 SusWrite 171 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,140 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 161%

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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%

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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	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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