Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.1% 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	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 19:08
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 207 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 301 41% 303 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.72 7% 8.82 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 13.3 8% 9.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.1% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 63.3 54% 66.9 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 64 Splatting 67.8 55% 66.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 214 238 108 128 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 362 Write 313 Mixed 212 SusWrite 176 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 17.6 84% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 208 182% 272 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 167GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 141 143 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 142 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 42% 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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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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