Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (100th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 0 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.67% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). 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	44.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 09:11
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 672 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.31 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 6%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 441 Write 356 Mixed 343 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.7 159% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 344 259% 348 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 76GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 445 Write 353 Mixed 332 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 35.6 138% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 178 180% 291 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 778GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 115 Write 52.8 Mixed 70.1 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 148GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 98.8 Write 33.3 Mixed 67.1 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-16GVR F4-3000C15-16GVR F4-3000C15-8GRK F4-3000C15-8GRK 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3001, 3001, 3001, 3001 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 97%

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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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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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