Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 192 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 346 44% 332 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 129 Parallax 18.7 16% 56 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 115 115 113 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 372 Write 136 Mixed 178 SusWrite 113 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 31.3 107% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 116 94% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 82%
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 131GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 295 363 389 407 396 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 410 Mixed 371 SusWrite 367 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 39 132% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 351 262% 348 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 75GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 57 56 55 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 57 Mixed 60 SusWrite 64.9 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 155GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 72 73 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 61.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 71.5 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 43%
Covecube Virtual Disk 110TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 101TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 6.5 6.6 6.6 6 7.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.4% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 14.8 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 6.9 16% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 71% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 10%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 17 17 17 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 81.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 22 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 103%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,399x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16