Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	123% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 05:31
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 656 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 95.9 79% 97.3 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 92.1 74% 89.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 472 471 487 354 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 481 Mixed 446 SusWrite 419 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 57 197% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 155GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 239 210 209 232 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 315 SusWrite 251 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.4 197% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 340 262% 356 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 304 299 289 284 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 477 Mixed 403 SusWrite 306 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.4 203% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 779GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2418 2114 1192 1192 1201 1194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2405 Write 2,297 Mixed 1617 SusWrite 1,552 442% 1,968 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 86.1 293% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,686 DQ Write 1,481 DQ Mixed 1,573 1,182% 1,580 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 488GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 108 107 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74% Very good	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 108 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 85%

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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 8,690 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 $134	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