Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	410% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '24 at 18:18
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 602 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 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 (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 102% 130 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 113 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% 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% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 38 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	410% Outstanding	Read 5,097 Write 45.4 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 36.5 274% 1,319 MB/s	4K Read 505 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 4.1 772% 171 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 410% Great: 236%
Crucial V4 128GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 30GB free Firmware: S5FAMM25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 132 149 152 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 152 Write 54.5 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 133 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 7.8 49% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.9 DQ Write 30.4 DQ Mixed 6.3 15% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 38%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$280 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 477GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 273 188 156 157 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 402 Mixed 408 SusWrite 198 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 43.3 137% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 128%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 156GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 231 229 189 106 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 437 Mixed 315 SusWrite 184 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 43.6 141% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 336 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.8% 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 as expected (47^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% 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%

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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	3,910x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16