Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	83.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 13:12
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 188 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 480 54% 424 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 161 Parallax 163 114% 154 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 156 Splatting 111 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 291 279 307 323 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 405 Write 363 Mixed 327 SusWrite 292 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 34.3 111% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 288 229% 320 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 123%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 334GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 84 85 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 81.2 Write 81 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 83.5 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 463GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 157 140 134 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 77 SusWrite 151 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 124GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 74 79 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 73 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 76.1 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 131 132 131 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 126 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 129 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 121%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,925x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,406x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,334x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	607x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	232x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16