Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	123% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '21 at 01:33
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 484 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3731) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 149 Parallax 105 88% 121 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 124 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 418 430 443 416 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 422 Mixed 414 SusWrite 408 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60 204% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 331 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 456GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 293 298 288 284 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 419 Write 160 Mixed 240 SusWrite 276 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 25.3 90% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 123 100% 147 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 188GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 91.9 Write 83 Mixed 67 SusWrite 62.9 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 77%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 400GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 93 95 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 85.6 Write 88.4 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 94.1 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 65%

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 @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.6 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 34: 3R 4G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	41%	34	110	7	240	48.7"	2560 720	SAM7053 LC49G95T

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,707 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 $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