Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 28% Raft


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 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 34.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 12:52
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Memory 45.9 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 41.2 26% 37.6 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 406 29% 266 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 53.7 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 128 44% 86.5 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 252 151 130 137 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 411 Write 386 Mixed 303 SusWrite 186 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 20.6 73% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 281 211% 284 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 860GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 190 193 195 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 94 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 192 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 538GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 152 154 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 153 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 372% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 26 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 177 23% 177 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 99%

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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	3,882x
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 $130Bench 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