Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 02:25
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 584 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 93.3 61% 77.5 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 83.3 59% 70.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 878 Write 237 Mixed 343 106% 486 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 13.1 108% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 13.4 26% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 460GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 82 42793901 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5071 (05) Reallocated sector count 66 66 1406 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4349617357 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1772 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4168 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8591048721 (BD) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 13473808417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 16 42793901 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 98 44 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 98 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110049947049115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3944612565 (F2) Unknown 100 253 890462475	49.8% Average	Read 84.3 Write 88.9 Mixed 79.8 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.44 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 31 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 95%

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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	3,889x
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	1,318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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