Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	81.1% 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	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '22 at 18:45
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 62.5 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 81.5 40% 63 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 179 25% 184 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.7 85% 100 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 96 Splatting 85.8 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 156 157 173 174 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.5% Average	Read 279 Write 194 Mixed 166 SusWrite 155 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 13.1 45% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 159 142% 217 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 124%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 219GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 82 84 52 79 91 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.8% Poor	Read 212 Write 159 Mixed 126 SusWrite 85.6 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 5 22% 7.43 MB/s	DQ Read 84 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 38 40% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 328GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 204 249 287 314 296 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.5% Above average	Read 246 Write 224 Mixed 204 SusWrite 254 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 21.5 61% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 274 208% 281 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6 13% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 91%

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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	3,889x
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	1,318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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