Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.9% 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	311% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '24 at 19:57
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 216 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 557 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 140 102% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 31 35 36 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 3,263 Write 42.1 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 32.5 178% 853 MB/s	4K Read 440 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 4.5 674% 149 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 236%
Crucial V4 128GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 30GB free Firmware: S5FAMM25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 112 131 81 87 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 172 Write 57.1 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 106 21% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 2.9 38% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 59.9 DQ Write 39.8 DQ Mixed 9.2 18% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 38%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$279 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 477GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 229 207 163 156 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 430 Write 405 Mixed 306 SusWrite 190 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 35.9 118% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 344 262% 354 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 128%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 156GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 208 187 99 104 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 382 Write 367 Mixed 264 SusWrite 152 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 36.8 122% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 336 258% 351 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%

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 (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% 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 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	144	27"	1280 720	AUS2401 VG249Q1R

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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 $269	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 $177	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