Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	103% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 16:25
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$276 437,946 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 221 85% 144 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 675 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 682 46% 682 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 906,947 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 309 Reflection 279 Parallax 293 81% 294 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 283 Splatting 216 77% 229 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 640,525 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 64 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 388 SusWrite 96.5 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.3 196% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$67 402,235 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 154GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 463 465 473 435 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 477 Mixed 455 SusWrite 423 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.9 195% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 26,192 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 96%

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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 6,692 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $276Bench 84%, 437,946 samples	2,806x
Core i5-6600KIntel $180Bench 80%, 267,918 samples	2,180x
Core i7-6700Intel $279Bench 76%, 188,819 samples	418x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 906,947 samples	1,216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 707,243 samples	647x
GTX 970Nvidia $400Bench 51%, 633,465 samples	610x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 640,525 samples	670x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 553,100 samples	533x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $124Bench 114%, 265,092 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 83%, 371,676 samples	528x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $58Bench 71%, 66,902 samples	329x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 86%, 300,565 samples	298x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,155

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $290	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $42

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28