Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 24 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '22 at 06:04
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 702 65% 541 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 107 93% 116 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 89.3 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 417 Mixed 383 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.9 169% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 47.7 66% 119 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 458 430 435 427 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 446 Mixed 436 SusWrite 436 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.2 220% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 24GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 75%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,798 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,925x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,406x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,334x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	607x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	232x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16