Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	15.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 02:53
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 449 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 72.2 62% 76.5 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 63.2 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.66 6% 8.91 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 136 156 133 157 137 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.8% Average	Read 193 Write 95.5 Mixed 174 SusWrite 140 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 8.8 62% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 75.9 78% 126 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 162GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 119 120 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 109 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 121 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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 8,705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	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	376x
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 $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16