Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 14.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (97%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 14:11
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Memory 8.93 1-Core 34.7 2-Core 69 19% 37.5 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 190 18% 147 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.8% Good	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 135 52% 94.1 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 124 Splatting 99.7 95% 118 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 88 84 85 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 295 Write 176 Mixed 218 SusWrite 97 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 23.7 74% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 230 178% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 124%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 721GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 203 250 270 245 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 357 Write 295 Mixed 208 SusWrite 245 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 20.2 64% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 285 201% 253 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 106 105 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 105 73% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 3.4 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 414 10% 414 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 85%

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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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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 $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