Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	103% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	15.4 Days
Run Date	May 03 '24 at 15:49
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 660 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 178 Parallax 163 128% 166 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 161 Splatting 116 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 351 254 228 256 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 411 Mixed 323 SusWrite 270 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 54.6 177% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 351 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 45GB free Firmware: 6B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 329 350 352 352 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 363 Mixed 269 SusWrite 335 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 32.4 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 132 156% 272 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 110%
WD WD5000AAKX-08U6AA0 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 693GB free Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 354 408 420 421 378 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 451 Write 405 Mixed 390 SusWrite 376 301% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 40.7 7,394% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 155 1,520% 177 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 102%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 168GB free Firmware: A3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 106 109 105 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 106 Write 94.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 107 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: ACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 179 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 183 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 179 106% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C17 4x8GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 127%

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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	69	57	144	24"	1280 720	ACR050E Acer XB241H

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,947x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,418x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	745x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359