Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 221 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 625 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.17% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.64 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.57 Splatting 17 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 6%
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 179 95% 128 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 129 Splatting 128 98% 118 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 124 104 97 97 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 1,361 Mixed 987 SusWrite 234 208% 929 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 67 237% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 265 335% 586 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 255%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 172GB free Firmware: P180509a SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 9.7 17 15 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 452 Write 2 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 11.4 24% 118 MB/s	4K Read 78.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 7.9 131% 29.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 104%

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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 8,690 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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