Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.3% 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 (31%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 212 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 591 54% 451 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.1 46% 51.6 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 47 Splatting 91.9 58% 68.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS510S 128GB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP026PC0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 36 39 40 44 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 413 Write 88.2 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 41.8 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 6 72% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 20.7 DQ Mixed 6.8 21% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 92%
Apacer AS510S 480GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free Firmware: AP079PB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 358 20 11 11 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 466 Write 378 Mixed 224 SusWrite 126 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 11 66% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 38.8 45% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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