Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (1st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 99 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	96.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 12:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 49.8 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 98.1 41% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 289 30% 243 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 126 Parallax 119 101% 123 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 111 Splatting 86.4 89% 113 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 265 251 242 223 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 301 Write 307 Mixed 270 SusWrite 240 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 19.1 62% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 346 260% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 266 227 186 122 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 316 Write 300 Mixed 284 SusWrite 191 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 18.7 64% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 350 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 405GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 266 335 342 265 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 305 Write 302 Mixed 314 SusWrite 288 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 19.2 65% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 326 249% 337 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 104%

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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	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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