Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	83.9% 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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150703
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 03:07
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 683 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 232 Parallax 253 168% 230 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 217 Splatting 141 161% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 160 129 135 148 135 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 433 Write 278 Mixed 239 SusWrite 169 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 35.4 137% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 200 183% 283 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 584GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 63 63 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 66 Write 45 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 63.5 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 416GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 66 63 64 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 90.2 Write 83.2 Mixed 35 SusWrite 64 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 789GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 113 108 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 59.7 Write 58.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 111 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 127%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,921x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,400x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	643x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

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	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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