Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1786 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 03:34
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 624 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 211 Reflection 197 Parallax 188 172% 199 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 150 Splatting 132 125% 156 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 100 97 127 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 916 Write 106 Mixed 245 SusWrite 107 74% 344 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43 175% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 948 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 281 271% 453 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 181GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 339 295 284 287 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 474 Mixed 430 SusWrite 306 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.2 202% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 292 298 273 269 253 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 467 Mixed 369 SusWrite 289 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.1 188% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 100GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 287 311 311 306 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 321 Mixed 291 SusWrite 302 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39 147% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 181 154% 220 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 22GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 42 43 40 38 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 35 Write 48.2 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 40.1 28% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 47: 5R 4G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
47%	14%	133	296	223	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24A4 VG248

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,902x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,389x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	380x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16