Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	23.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '21 at 13:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 252 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 671 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 161 Parallax 170 114% 157 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 169 Splatting 116 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 30 30 41 49 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.9% Poor	Read 64.9 Write 39.6 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 34.3 10% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 17.8 55% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 32.8 DQ Mixed 45.7 34% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 137%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 147GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 101 112 115 155 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 1,610 Write 223 Mixed 406 SusWrite 125 127% 591 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 29 94% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 326 280% 429 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 340%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 804GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 30 31 41 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 56.6 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 34.6 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 110%

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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: 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	11	9	144	27.7"	1280 720	ACR0637 Acer XB271H A

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,881x
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