Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	173% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (46%). 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	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 06:16
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 190 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 304 40% 300 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 94.9 Parallax 80.2 76% 89.7 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 86.6 Splatting 87.3 71% 86.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDBRPG5000ANC-WR 500GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 728 784 798 802 782 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,127 Write 1,357 Mixed 1,294 SusWrite 753 256% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 43.3 155% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 761 568% 763 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 277%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 129 126 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 123 Write 118 Mixed 72 SusWrite 127 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 88%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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