Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '21 at 18:48
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 132 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 746 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 76.2 61% 78.7 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 66.7 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram CX100 480GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 138 130 37 26 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 491 Mixed 402 SusWrite 117 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.4 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 201 187% 290 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 93%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 61GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 428 262 365 149 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 474 Mixed 437 SusWrite 314 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.8 203% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 226 190% 275 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 135GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2515 Write 2,376 Mixed 1,661 486% 2,184 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 92.4 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1428 DQ Write 1,270 DQ Mixed 1,315 995% 1,338 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Lacie P9230 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 466GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 133 135 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 132 Mixed 78 SusWrite 133 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 111%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 556GB free, PID 0103 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 90.7 Write 87 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 81.1 97% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

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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 8,716 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	3,893x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	637x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,321x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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