Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$88 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 479 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 78 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.41 7% 9.06 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 9.91 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 305 305 298 291 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 421 Mixed 312 SusWrite 317 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 36.1 120% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 247 212% 313 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Verbatim STORE N GO 4GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 1f23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9.5 9.9 9.4 9.5 9.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 5.8 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 9.5 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1913 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,398x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16