Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 02:52
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 410 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 5.84 5% 6.99 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 13.1 8% 8.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 6%
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 32.8 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 34.7 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12288 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (AA) Unknown 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 67 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7649353991661 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.4% Above average	Read 470 Write 185 Mixed 274 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 5.59 80% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 7.29 35% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 72%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,120 Write 1,208 Mixed 1,598 363% 1,642 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 27.3 100% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 21.8 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 210%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208439416 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 3424 (07) Seek error rate 73 57 94952642961 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262664 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80197 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 77309411359 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104878806377190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -85189204835270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62117685491637	101% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 186 Mixed 158 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 30.9 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 99%

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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