Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.1% 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	82.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 65.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 76% 141 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 390 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 80% 104 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 97.6 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 800GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 263 324 316 347 377 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 390 Write 304 Mixed 362 SusWrite 299 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 35.3 132% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 144 114% 162 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 125%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 71GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 207 206 258 171 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 371 Write 440 Mixed 238 SusWrite 192 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 35.9 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 130 110% 156 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 262GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 70 69 70 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 92.7 Write 85.7 Mixed 62 SusWrite 70.3 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%

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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%

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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	635x

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	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	549x
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 $273	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 $184	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