Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	310% 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	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 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 02:21
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 719 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 154 Parallax 144 150% 160 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1587 1246 1232 1248 1248 1238 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2382 Write 2,129 Mixed 1,539 SusWrite 1,300 412% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 86.7 280% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,227 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1,076 808% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 372%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 171 173 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 187 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 172 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3.5TB free, PID 331a SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 36 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 40.1 50% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 201% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 73%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 108 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 107 133% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 125% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 114%

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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 8,754 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	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
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