Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 77.6%, 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.
Boot Drive	103% 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 (51%). 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	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 555 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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 (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 143 Parallax 187 101% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 169 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 356 398 412 430 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 427 Mixed 400 SusWrite 393 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 41 141% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 205 198% 312 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 123%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 334GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 79 80 82 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 86.5 Write 82.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 79.4 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 83%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 230GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 107 101 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 104 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 166% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 21GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 60 63 64 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 111 Write 74.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 61.3 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 132 134 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 132 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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)	65.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,822 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,936x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,414x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	646x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,339x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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