Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 09:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 216 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 573 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 1C82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 37.8 32% 39.3 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 26.9 27% 33.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 83 91 183 262 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 456 Write 38.7 Mixed 134 SusWrite 170 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 25.6 91% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 128 120% 194 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-138.A00G 1x8GB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 10 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 47%

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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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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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