Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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. 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	85.8% 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	90.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). 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	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 05:47
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$130 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 (14^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 90 2-Core 167 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 258 29% 230 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.6 89% 106 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 99 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 683GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 366 379 402 407 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 414 Mixed 300 SusWrite 378 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 32.4 112% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 281 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 137%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 34GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 182 99 31 129 23 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.9% Poor	Read 186 Write 97.2 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 103 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 9.3 37% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 113 87% 112 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 80%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,912x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16