Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	12.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6320-$165 1,734 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 176 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 318 41% 310 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E3) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 50.8 35% 47 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 38 Splatting 34.6 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 23 25 27 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.3% Very poor	Read 46.6 Write 27.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 24.6 7% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 9 28% 7.73 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 124%
Toshiba MK3252GSX 320GB-$70 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 85GB free Firmware: LV010M SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 15 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 16.2 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 16 14% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 34%
WD WD5000KS-00MNB0 500GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: 07.02E07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 17 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 17.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 17.6 16% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 40%
2,021 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 5GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 3.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 10.7 Write 4.7 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 4.5 6% 5.53 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.9 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	3,879x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

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	736x

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	548x
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 $275	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