Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 23:12
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 516 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 35.4 30% 34 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 33.3 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 833 Write 562 Mixed 529 142% 641 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 41.2 145% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 323 270% 381 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 846GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 95 98 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 82 Write 46.3 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 96.7 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 104%

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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 $133	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