Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 13:30
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 682 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 193 Parallax 177 140% 181 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 179 Splatting 129 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 713GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 474 477 475 469 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 447 Mixed 371 SusWrite 473 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 50.1 177% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 356 264% 350 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 429 430 431 434 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 400 Mixed 326 SusWrite 427 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.3 150% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 207 171% 244 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 185 185 186 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 213 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 185 112% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 356% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 842GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 103 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 104 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 448GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 77 78 78 80 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 79.8 Write 60.8 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 77 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3000 4x4GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 40: 4R 4G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
40%	31%	52	297	215	60	27"	2560 1440	ACI27A3 ASUS PB278

History: Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 40: 4R 4G 8B

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,924x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,404x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,334x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	607x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	232x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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