Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 12:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 431 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 76.3 67% 81.4 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 68.8 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 173 171 169 166 164 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 429 Mixed 348 SusWrite 196 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.7 195% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 310 234% 314 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 141GB free Firmware: VA111630 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 50 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 62.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 51.1 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 146% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 418GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 75 76 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 76.5 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 68%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 169GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 67 69 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 30.9 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 68.5 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDD1 CT8G4DFS8213.M8FH 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2187, 2187 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

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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