Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G3900-$36 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 158 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 157 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 510 (Desktop Skylake) 16,316 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4377 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Lighting 3.17 Reflection 5.42 Parallax 2.94 3% 3.84 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 7.65 4% 5.18 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4325 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2069 (B1) Unknown 97 97 49 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11689403371	93.5% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 23.4 130% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 96.2 107% 182 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 115%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 147 1508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2731 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2702 (BF) G-sense error rate 11 11 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27637 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 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 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1804 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7031518088 (F2) Unknown 200 200 8048749817 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	37.8% Below average	Read 94 Write 37.5 Mixed 52.8 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 61%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 24GB free, PID 1502 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 6.8 Mixed 13.3 15% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x4GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.2% Good	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,698 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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
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	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 $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 $15	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