Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 211 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 566 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.8% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 78.2 67% 84.7 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 86.7 69% 83.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5022 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 55 44 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25309940155	113% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 398 Mixed 412 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 48.4 179% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 48.2 104% 215 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 19GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 129733782172305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405870 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405870 (F2) Unknown 100 100 905335 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16404	77.8% Very good	Read 473 Write 156 Mixed 262 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 20 133% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 69.2 99% 185 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 84229947 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50252939 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -87814901328994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 790036516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5914 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 90194313252 (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 -7834020343960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6857035237 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9482782853	88.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 146 Mixed 118 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 85853611 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42703468 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -70342974368866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 756482085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6087 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 90194313253 (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 -55216099553569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8812741850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7003218664	75.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 140 Mixed 145 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 44GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 156 5025 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10570 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 59109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2719 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10556 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 41 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 73.2 Write 80.5 Mixed 70.8 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 104 Write 53.2 Mixed 67.4 88% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 92 Write 91.8 Mixed 79.7 112% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 44%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 611GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 87%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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