Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	302% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 21:43
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 637 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A3) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 87.4 82% 93 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 80.3 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 827GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1823 1839 1578 1481 1500 1483 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,328 Write 2,182 Mixed 1,679 SusWrite 1,617 438% 1,951 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 73.8 266% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 691 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 628 475% 638 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 462 460 463 462 462 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 422 Mixed 386 SusWrite 461 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 44.2 168% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 320 241% 323 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 137%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$227 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 8.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 232 233 237 241 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 246 Mixed 110 SusWrite 233 152% 207 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.5 238% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$227 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 136 132 131 132 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 230 Mixed 104 SusWrite 130 127% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.1 263% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 4,057 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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) $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