Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.2% 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)
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 (33%). 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	24.5 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 00:48
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 190 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 649 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 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	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 480GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 248 204 117 69 83 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 449 Write 390 Mixed 298 SusWrite 181 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 24.6 101% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 73.3 61% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 232GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 157 163 163 163 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 123 Write 105 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 159 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 107%
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 356GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 138 140 138 137 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 102 SusWrite 139 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 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 way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 106%

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

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16