Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	90.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 14:48
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 235 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 710 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 90.9 56% 73.3 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 77.7 54% 65 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2786 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 440 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11885824004	90.3% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 402 Mixed 412 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 30 130% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 109 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 764GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 153 7208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6310 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.5% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 78.8 Mixed 73.8 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.44 123% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 57%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 907GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106589944 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8657658856 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16891 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 81604378657 (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 15534896713115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20213085098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 487253534571	72.1% Very good	Read 110 Write 140 Mixed 102 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.65 202% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 89%

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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	3,882x
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