Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	49.5% 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)
Boot Drive	62.9% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 15:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Memory 47.1 1-Core 24 2-Core 48.2 27% 39.8 Pts	4-Core 85.4 8-Core 73.1 11% 79.2 Pts	64-Core 82.7 5% 82.7 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 108 38% 72.8 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 78.2 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 238 261 271 299 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 336 Write 316 Mixed 179 SusWrite 272 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 21.3 80% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 64 82% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 89%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 74 77 78 79 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 325 Write 142 Mixed 164 SusWrite 77.2 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 4.4 56% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 31.2 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 54 110 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 114 Write 63.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 86.2 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 109%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 20 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 88%

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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	3,880x
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 $46

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