Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '21 at 20:27
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 75.8 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 187 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 362 50% 369 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 121 98% 123 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 124 Splatting 111 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 171 54 53 48 50 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 456 Write 388 Mixed 373 SusWrite 82.3 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 37.6 127% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 239 201% 291 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 408GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 384 389 384 391 390 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 399 Write 373 Mixed 268 SusWrite 378 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 29.8 115% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 120 151% 270 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 201GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 386 387 376 374 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 375 Mixed 262 SusWrite 372 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 37.1 119% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 237 207% 309 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 295 296 294 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 417 Mixed 343 SusWrite 301 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 47.6 166% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 4x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 27.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,914x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,398x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16