Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '23 at 02:43
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	VEN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 625 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 248 6.9 7.3 6.6 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 472 Write 234 Mixed 306 SusWrite 85.3 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 22.8 103% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 32.2 69% 139 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 151GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 150 143 143 148 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 88.3 Write 124 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 143 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS724030ALE640 3TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 305GB free Firmware: MJ8OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 91 92 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 90.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 90.6 56% 77 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 622GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 106 103 107 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 74.3 Write 83.8 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 105 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 32,187 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 25.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 110%

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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	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,391x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	603x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16