Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '22 at 23:03
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 619 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 141 114% 141 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 255 95 74 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 374 Mixed 320 SusWrite 156 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 48.6 167% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 147 147 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 135 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 147 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 254GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 125 124 125 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 79 SusWrite 124 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 26.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 117%

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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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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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