Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.75% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '19 at 20:35
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 617 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 6.97 6% 7.99 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,590 Write 1,224 Mixed 606 251% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 55.4 233% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 64.8 239% 553 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 243%
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 49GB free Firmware: CXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 326 316 326 308 344 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 478 Write 337 Mixed 257 SusWrite 324 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 28 108% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 28.5 63% 135 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 127%
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 40GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 232 104 97 101 96 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 466 Mixed 394 SusWrite 176 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.7 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 64.6 124% 248 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 135%
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 48GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 280 280 280 278 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 462 Mixed 372 SusWrite 295 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.3 192% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 57.7 120% 245 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 99%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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