Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	97.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 02:32
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 767 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.22 7% 9.37 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 87% 107 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 92.7 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 281 136 125 124 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 411 Mixed 353 SusWrite 189 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 54.7 181% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 265 196% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 53GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 173 172 164 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 433 Write 188 Mixed 218 SusWrite 169 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 15.6 105% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 29.2 47% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 72%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 110 109 108 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 162 Write 117 Mixed 149 SusWrite 110 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 31.9 132% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 99.5 90% 139 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 116%

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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 8,690 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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16