Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	206% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	20.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 13:36
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 217 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 646 58% 488 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 80% 106 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 101 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 750 714 490 473 456 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,792 Write 1,401 Mixed 1,155 SusWrite 602 276% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 87.4 300% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 63.6 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 1,105 555% 435 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 359GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 222 206 262 331 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 436 Mixed 351 SusWrite 263 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.7 191% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 216 172% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 918GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 115 147 176 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 174 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 143 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 357GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 57 70 86 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 84.7 Write 78.1 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 70.1 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14/8G HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14/8G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 75%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,727 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	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16