Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	175% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '22 at 10:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (20^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 158 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 301 36% 278 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 3681) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 12 Parallax 17.2 14% 15.6 fps	MRender 22.2 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 15.6 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 1,156 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 857 850 796 872 824 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,846 Write 1,008 Mixed 1039 SusWrite 872 265% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 21.4 99% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 131 168% 323 MB/s
Poor: 225% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 381%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 604GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 178 186 167 189 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 169 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 179 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 112%
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Seri 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 4GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 33 34 32 35 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.4% Poor	Read 34.6 Write 35.9 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 32.7 48% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 8.4 477% 7.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 2627 4TB 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 65 68 61 69 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 21.5 Write 55.8 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 65.5 65% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.5% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 78%

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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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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,752 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16