Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 35.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	78.8% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 13:02
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Memory 17.8 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 195 50% 103 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 396 43% 340 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 101 Parallax 88 80% 96 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 91.8 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 306 300 233 256 189 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.4% Average	Read 249 Write 260 Mixed 228 SusWrite 255 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 11.8 48% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 160 132% 194 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 120GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 85 85 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 83.5 Write 82.3 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 84.1 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 60%
Fujitsu MHV2080BH 80GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 44GB free Firmware: 00000028 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 20.2 Write 21.7 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 19.2 14% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 20%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 78GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 116 119 120 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 87.5 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 118 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CPB 1x16GB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 7.3 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 4.6 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 338 12% 338 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 42%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16