Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.4% 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	203% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '22 at 12:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 424 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 3681) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 15.9 14% 15.9 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 15.4 15% 19.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 1,156 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1003 908 966 1145 897 916 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,136 Write 1,344 Mixed 951 SusWrite 973 300% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 35.6 127% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 816 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 113 166% 333 MB/s
Poor: 225% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 381%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 604GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 177 173 189 160 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 157 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 177 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Seri 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 4GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 32 34 34 29 33 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.5% Poor	Read 30.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 31.9 47% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 6.9 448% 7.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 2627 4TB 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 63 68 61 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 64 Write 64.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 64.8 80% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.9% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 78%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,810 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	3,930x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,410x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,335x
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	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	234x

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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $29	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