Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 05:58
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 82.1 2-Core 174 62% 109 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 386 44% 344 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.2 82% 99.3 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 95 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 25 31 32 33 32 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 414 Mixed 405 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 48.2 155% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 335 253% 340 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 163 165 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 146 Mixed 84 SusWrite 161 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$116 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 67 68 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 62.7 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 66.9 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C16/8G 32GB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2600, 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 95%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	637x

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	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	550x
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 $269	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 $177	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