Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '16 at 01:27
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 492 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 58.2 49% 61.3 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 54.3 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8169986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 128849018893334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 54 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 1013615362078 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 1013615362078 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8169986 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8169986 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8169986 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14045 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10696 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10696 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4802	48.8% Average	Read 443 Write 106 Mixed 170 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 10.8 76% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 37.1 36% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 216990 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1494 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5812 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1267901 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	40.9% Average	Read 73.2 Write 69 Mixed 68.6 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x4GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 12.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 47%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $300	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