Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '22 at 23:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 542 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% 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 3739) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2022 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 120 Parallax 81.7 65% 93.8 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 71.3 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 145 139 147 75 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 394 Write 84 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 135 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 37.7 89% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 95%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 432GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 448 460 467 468 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 457 Mixed 403 SusWrite 429 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 60.6 204% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 290 238% 339 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$32 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 593GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 154 155 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 131 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 104%

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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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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $270

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,979x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,444x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	654x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	832x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	753x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	614x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	567x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	239x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	387x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	304x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $861

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342