Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 21:03
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$130 342,244 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)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 563 73% 552 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 15 12% 14.2 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 18 Splatting 16.8 15% 18.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 299 276 300 296 268 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 413 Write 398 Mixed 263 SusWrite 286 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 36.3 114% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 206 190% 294 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 108%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 429GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 227GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 164 157 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 156 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 173GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 77 Write 84 Mixed 49 SusWrite 96 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 821GB free Firmware: 1015 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 82 83 85 83 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 47.5 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 81.9 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 822GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 43 44 45 45 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 44 Write 32 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 43.4 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 179GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 85 87 87 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 82 Write 84.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 84 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD1 2x8GB 3,829 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 30.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 80%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16