Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150703
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 20:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 656 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.5 70% 94.9 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 88 Splatting 92.3 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 121 136 139 140 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 479 Write 295 Mixed 154 SusWrite 138 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 29.9 131% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 74.5 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 584GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 66 65 64 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 55 Write 44.5 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 63.8 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 416GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 66 63 62 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 82.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 63.8 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 789GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 114 119 119 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 71 Write 57.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 114 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GVRB F4-3000C15-8GVKB F4-3000C15-8GVRB F4-3000C15-8GVKB 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 127%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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