Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 13:20
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 374 59% 425 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.3 81% 100 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 95.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 442 Write 221 Mixed 233 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 0.16 36% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 12.2 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 10.6 8% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 897GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 92.9 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.02 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 107%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 11.4 Mixed 13.7 19% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.24 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.58 78% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

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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 8,690 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) $35	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