Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	74.9% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 71 1-Core 120 2-Core 201 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 632 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 194 Parallax 190 136% 184 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 171 Splatting 127 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 271 267 268 266 263 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 488 Write 281 Mixed 255 SusWrite 268 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 25.6 78% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 230 197% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 135%
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 208GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 281 279 280 334 301 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 228 Mixed 301 SusWrite 306 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 40.3 133% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 235 208% 312 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 859GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 79 76 70 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 164 Write 117 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 72.4 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 404% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 108%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 578 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 866GB free, PID 61b7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 89 87 82 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 64.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 88 107% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 172% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 85%

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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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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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