Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96% 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	92.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 552 74% 551 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 113 102% 124 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 122 Splatting 91.9 84% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 198 181 136 112 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 442 Mixed 273 SusWrite 175 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.8 158% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 230 198% 292 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 481GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 150 151 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 150 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 105%
Wilk 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 14GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.2 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	9.76% Terrible	Read 39.5 Write 17.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 8.2 21% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 9.76% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,704 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	2,379x
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