Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 23:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 488 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 136 110% 139 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 173 Write 373 Mixed 36.2 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.6 111% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 182 177% 279 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 342GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 84 82 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 87.2 Write 85.8 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 82.9 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 42%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,899x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,385x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16