Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 07:11
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 576 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% ASRock(1849 5116) ≥ 4GB; ASRock RX5500XT Phantom Gaming 8G Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 55.8 Parallax 118 62% 83.4 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 76.2 58% 69.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 353 Mixed 392 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.5 184% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 147 118% 172 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 115 63 111 106 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 154 Write 145 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 104 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 220% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-3200C16-4GVK F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-3200C16-4GVK 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.3 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 99%

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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 8,701 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	3,889x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
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	376x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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