Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 04:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 73 1-Core 113 2-Core 192 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 520 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 91.1 57% 74 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 45.1 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,853 Write 1,063 Mixed 1,051 291% 1,322 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.3 193% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 857 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 871 660% 882 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 421 417 413 407 403 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 422 Mixed 375 SusWrite 410 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 49.8 169% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 353 254% 329 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 88 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 88.3 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 167% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 73%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 2TB 1,043 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 107 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 94.3 Write 83 Mixed 55 SusWrite 106 114% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 12.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 14.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 88%

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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%

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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