Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '17 at 00:53
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 462 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2186 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 101 95% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 480GB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 175GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 54 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 293 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 409	88% Excellent	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 491 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 13.3 108% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 60.4 78% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 130%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 421 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3014781 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 71 62 163210002461 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7770 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3436 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4784 (F4) Unknown 100 100 46 (F5) Unknown 100 100 125 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1581536	64.9% Good	Read 506 Write 337 Mixed 410 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 11.1 78% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 47.1 DQ Mixed 12.7 16% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 238GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17839 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 29 (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	61.5% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 5,708 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 109%

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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	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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