Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


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 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 00:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 608 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.8 97% 73 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 480GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 126 80 50 82 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 428 Write 376 Mixed 147 SusWrite 93.7 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 16.3 82% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 37.5 DQ Mixed 52.7 49% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 232GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 107 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 106 67% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 107%
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 356GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 137 136 139 141 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 176 Write 101 Mixed 98 SusWrite 137 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 106%

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,688 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 $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