Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	99.3% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 01:49
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 709 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.36% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 9.09 7% 8.46 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.94 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.36% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.7 86% 107 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 99.2 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 183 182 155 165 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 814 Write 204 Mixed 256 SusWrite 165 78% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 39.7 146% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 213 172% 246 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 117%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 556GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 440 443 342 440 440 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,046 Write 474 Mixed 518 SusWrite 406 135% 611 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 50 164% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 325 256% 357 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 382%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 140 130 140 140 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 404 Write 157 Mixed 210 SusWrite 134 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.4 158% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 151 120% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 84GB free Firmware: LSF031C SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 122 126 123 142 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 383 SusWrite 158 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.3 158% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 170 150% 224 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 122%

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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%

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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