Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.2% 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	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '21 at 01:25
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 518 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.2% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 38 Parallax 31.1 24% 32.8 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 32.7 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 151 146 144 147 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.2% Average	Read 271 Write 144 Mixed 135 SusWrite 148 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 13.8 59% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 186 158% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 234GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 59 55 50 45 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 134 Write 128 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 55.9 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 105%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 141 175 163 159 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 314GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 151 151 156 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 116 Write 94.6 Mixed 70 SusWrite 152 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 51: 7R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
51%	38%	39	184	67	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24E1 VG248

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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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,374x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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