Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	216% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 05:43
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 204 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 575 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.6 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 20 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: 920 916 895 883 882 730 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,810 Write 916 Mixed 647 SusWrite 871 235% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48.5 194% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,085 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 380 365% 597 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 243%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 423 429 433 436 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 427 Mixed 400 SusWrite 429 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.3 177% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 279 225% 317 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 764GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 396 308 301 300 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 450 Mixed 332 SusWrite 340 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 46.5 168% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 243 204% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 99%

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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	3,882x
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 $133	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