Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 20:25
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 489 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 113 87% 111 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 88.7 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$96 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,818 Write 6,863 Mixed 7,363 1,709% 7,682 MB/s	4K Read 564 4K Write 260 4K Mixed 348 1,439% 391 MB/s	DQ Read 1,699 DQ Write 1,322 DQ Mixed 1,567 1,157% 1,529 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 20GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 467 Write 366 Mixed 295 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 46.3 172% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 143 157% 267 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 735GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2211 2184 1191 1193 1203 1186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	369% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,474 SusWrite 1528 437% 1,950 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 98.8 334% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,633 DQ Write 1,568 DQ Mixed 1,582 1,193% 1,595 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 369% Great: 372%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 137 138 138 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 131 Mixed 92 SusWrite 137 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 83%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 33 23 13 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 32.3 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 20 38% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 78% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 58%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%

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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 $45Bench 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