Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 02:52
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 540 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 130 Parallax 113 99% 122 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 367 345 406 411 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 441 Write 416 Mixed 398 SusWrite 382 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 29.7 97% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 205 196% 308 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 121%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 82GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 198 198 203 204 205 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 441 Write 204 Mixed 199 SusWrite 200 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 12 68% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 78 89% 150 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 154GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 108 106 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 123 Write 114 Mixed 102 SusWrite 104 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 105%

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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 8,705 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	3,891x
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 $45Bench 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 $45	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