Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '22 at 17:52
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 219 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 645 58% 489 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 8D90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 87.3 78% 93.3 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 76.5 71% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free Firmware: O0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 197 195 198 201 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 479 Write 193 Mixed 246 SusWrite 188 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 42.3 159% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 39.8 DQ Mixed 173 122% 160 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 661GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 404 432 454 454 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 375 Mixed 307 SusWrite 412 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 30.6 153% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 228 194% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 188 188 192 188 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 104 Write 158 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 175 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.8 249% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.5 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

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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