Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 19:54
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 546 71% 536 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7528 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 181 Parallax 8.7 6% 65.9 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 12.1 8% 9.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 83 112 108 108 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 680 Write 130 Mixed 180 SusWrite 93.8 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 15.5 55% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 40 DQ Mixed 50.3 51% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 133%
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 813GB free Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1529 1571 1708 1707 1705 1720 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,863 Mixed 1,543 SusWrite 1,657 391% 1,738 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 76.8 213% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,856 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 1,434 1,095% 1,497 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 349%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 330 341 339 338 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 415 Write 328 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 330 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 0.6 67% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 8.8 DQ Mixed 0.2 2% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 565%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 125GB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 116GB free, PID 0cd1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 20 0.4 5.7 23 3.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 30.8 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 10.2 37% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0 234% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 120%

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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 8,704 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	3,891x
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	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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