Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 206 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 415 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 38.5 33% 36.7 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 37.4 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 105 92 89 91 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 291 Write 190 Mixed 176 SusWrite 97 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 34.8 140% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 181 126% 154 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 589GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 94 101 100 95 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 96.9 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 154 157 156 153 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 139 Mixed 73 SusWrite 156 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 96%
HP External HDD 2TB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 802GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 26.2 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 15.2 30% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 22%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 28.5 Mixed 28 SusWrite 15.4 34% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 88%

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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	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,399x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16