Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 11:18
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 107 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 204 28% 206 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 83% 108 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 96.6 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 893GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 301GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 170 Mixed 169 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.59 154% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 107GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 282 Write 226 Mixed 200 176% 236 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.59 166% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$34 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 109%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,947x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,419x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	648x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	745x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	609x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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