Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	210% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 78.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 705 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 102 80% 102 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 85.8 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 105GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5597 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4309 (B1) Unknown 95 95 148 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 284 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28206178586	87.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 410 Mixed 452 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 25.5 112% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 75.8 89% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 86%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2261 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1870 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 123 (AE) Unknown 99 99 103 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 840 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 24 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 31504 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10813 (F2) Unknown 99 99 12782	210% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 813 Mixed 1,207 290% 1,322 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 51.9 210% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 222 221% 360 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 804GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97321632 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 34388778671 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26511 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88781268977609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9287284645 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32707974542	79% Very good	Read 135 Write 140 Mixed 141 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 117%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,704 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	3,891x
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 $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	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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