Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	161% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 5 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '23 at 15:44
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 618 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.Q4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 88.6 54% 73.2 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 48.2 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 49%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 9.8 Parallax 8.5 6% 8.47 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 11.5 8% 9.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 96 103 133 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,398 Write 1,440 Mixed 1,039 SusWrite 225 229% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 60.4 202% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 272 310% 525 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 119 121 129 128 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 112 Write 82.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 122 63% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 107%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 69 Write 69.7 Mixed 56.9 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 83%
WD WD161KFGX-68AFPN0 16TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 10.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 238 230 228 235 239 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.4 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 17.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 111%

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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 8,730 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	3,898x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16