Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '19 at 02:36
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 566 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 64.8 57% 69.1 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 61.1 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 114GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 316 211 287 280 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 379 SusWrite 287 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.3 158% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 195 188% 294 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 142 153 134 123 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 488 Write 358 Mixed 249 SusWrite 151 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 30.9 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 274 225% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 116%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 62GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 102 102 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 28 SusWrite 103 66% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 110%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 50GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 61 55 56 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 95 Write 94.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 74.1 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%
ST310005 20AS 1TB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 92GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 43 43 42 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 39 Write 42.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 42.1 53% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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