Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '19 at 10:09
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 488 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 79% 103 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 100 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 293 289 285 282 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 436 Mixed 423 SusWrite 297 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.2 201% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 322 253% 350 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 173 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 164 Mixed 102 SusWrite 172 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 52GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 76.9 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 101%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 38GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 60 56 56 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 72 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 57.1 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 88%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 49GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 52 52 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 49 Write 49.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 51.4 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

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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%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,910x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
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