Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	132% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 14:21
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 762 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 144 Parallax 104 91% 120 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 107 Splatting 91.4 91% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 397GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 488 489 494 492 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 494 Mixed 448 SusWrite 490 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 61.3 212% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$31 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 363 364 362 366 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 494 Mixed 444 SusWrite 364 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 70.5 235% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 323 254% 352 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 128%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 464GB free Firmware: 0-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 46 47 46 44 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 75.6 Write 89.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 46 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 448GB free Firmware: 0-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 70 68 64 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 71.9 Mixed 47.9 SusWrite 68.3 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 44%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 591GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 41.9 Write 34.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 42 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 95%

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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 8,688 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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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