Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 02:35
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-6600-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 386 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 115 Parallax 117 98% 117 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 84.3 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 83 96 76 57 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 467 Write 343 Mixed 327 SusWrite 86.3 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 22.4 127% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 182 163% 245 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 99Y1166 59Y1813XIV 2TB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free Firmware: BB45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 77 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 83.4 Write 79.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 75.9 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free Firmware: JC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 76 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 92.7 Write 94.5 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 76 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 70%
Sobetter Ext 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 921GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 40.4 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 41.1 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 4x4GB 339 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 94%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,763 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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16