Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (40%). 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	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 20:51
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 363 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.2% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 85 67% 86.8 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 76.7 66% 80.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 16 18 30 54 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.1% Below average	Read 169 Write 140 Mixed 155 SusWrite 25.2 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 22.2 73% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 85.6 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 68.4 57% 82.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 16 18 29 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 112 Write 86 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 24.2 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 83%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 17 18 30 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 143 Write 110 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 25.1 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.9 262% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 178GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 16 18 30 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 85.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 24.7 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 971GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 16 18 30 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 117 Write 100 Mixed 51 SusWrite 25.1 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 113%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 14 15 29 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 143 Write 102 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 23.8 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.9 242% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 105%
USB 2.0 PenDrive 126GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID 4567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.8 6.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.19% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 3.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 5.1 9% 8 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.1 50% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.19% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 18.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 104%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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