Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 06:40
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 620 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1573 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 87% 107 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 86.6 75% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 101GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 308 303 293 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 462 Mixed 334 SusWrite 306 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.9 172% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 246 206% 298 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 87 94 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 260 Write 122 Mixed 177 SusWrite 92.5 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 28.5 128% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 99.3 77% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 73%
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKKF51 512GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 77GB free Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 320 229 302 332 121 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 871 Write 551 Mixed 638 SusWrite 310 132% 592 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 52 191% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 453 358% 496 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 262%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 494GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 185 183 185 186 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 160 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 183 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

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 @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 27.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 27.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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