Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 650 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 105 Parallax 75.4 76% 91.3 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 94.7 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 539 382 234 200 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 864 Write 534 Mixed 629 SusWrite 334 132% 590 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 50.6 186% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 461 360% 494 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 346GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,043 Write 6,911 Mixed 6,648 1,535% 6,867 MB/s	4K Read 619 4K Write 342 4K Mixed 456 1,703% 472 MB/s	DQ Read 1,705 DQ Write 1,041 DQ Mixed 1224 952% 1,323 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 872GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 130 132 131 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 132 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.9 6.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Read 24 Write 3.8 Mixed 3 SusWrite 6.5 9% 9.32 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 90%

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,705 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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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