Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	42% 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	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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 23:02
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 61 1-Core 24.8 2-Core 81.8 35% 55.9 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 404 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 66.3 37% 58.9 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 61 Splatting 55.6 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 61GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 244 278 279 329 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 366 Write 348 Mixed 252 SusWrite 282 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 15.6 54% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 190 157% 227 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 182 184 188 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 170 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 179 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 629GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 165 168 166 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 124 Write 135 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 163 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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	2,379x
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 $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 $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