Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.6% 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)
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 05 '23 at 02:31
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 458 56% 428 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 66.6 56% 80.2 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 58.5 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBA3V5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 3,637 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,520 Write 1,600 Mixed 1,203 322% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.5 201% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,112 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 852 645% 877 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 239%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 144GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 69.5 Write 69.7 Mixed 53 SusWrite 78 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 118 119 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 64 Write 113 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 119 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 179% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G G.SKILL F4-2133C15-4GVR KHX2133C14D4/4G G.SKILL F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1700, 1700, 1700, 1700 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 75%

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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 8,870 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $270

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,955x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,429x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	649x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	825x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	748x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	611x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $859

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