Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	200% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 05:17
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 178 65% 114 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 444 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 903 859 885 664 605 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,693 Write 919 Mixed 683 SusWrite 805 227% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.3 172% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,041 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 381 360% 583 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 243%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 391 400 412 417 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 389 Mixed 324 SusWrite 403 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 35.7 121% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 275 226% 323 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 764GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 376 312 303 299 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 427 Mixed 311 SusWrite 331 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 41.8 148% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 242 205% 301 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1913 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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 $182	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) $30	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