Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	130% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 04:38
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 471 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 1B2A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1018 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 85.5 54% 70.5 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 76.7 55% 66.1 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 534 338 359 160 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 759 Write 530 Mixed 583 SusWrite 335 123% 552 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 51.9 183% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 469 365% 499 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 144%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 112GB free Firmware: 1.27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 123 125 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 325 Write 128 Mixed 164 SusWrite 123 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 27.2 110% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 137 112% 161 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 51%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 457GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 84 86 54 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 79.3 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 199 199 198 196 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 162 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 195 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 11GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 83 Write 80.3 Mixed 57.5 92% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 4.7 306% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 110%

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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	3,882x
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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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