Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 07:36
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	59%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 314 42% 314 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 93% 111 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 786 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 351 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10685794288	113% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 404 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 49.6 186% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 107 120% 200 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 832GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 77.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 4.19 4K Mixed 0.55 190% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 98%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,735 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	3,900x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,385x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16