Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% 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	195% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	56.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '22 at 16:12
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 690 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 126 Parallax 112 96% 119 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 99 86% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 453GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 778 795 680 521 526 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1502 Write 1,638 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 781 290% 1,292 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 55.1 185% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,200 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 245 287% 528 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 276%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 428GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 960 925 963 948 953 915 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,248 Write 949 Mixed 634 SusWrite 944 211% 944 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 51.6 177% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,277 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 223 282% 538 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 283%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 633GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 100 94 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 97.5 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 84%
VendorCo ProductCode 2GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 11.2 Mixed 10.4 SusWrite 18.7 20% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 4x16GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 117%

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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 8,763 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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16