Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 444 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 69 Parallax 61.3 57% 66.7 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 55 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 630GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1109 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1092 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 142 Mixed 136 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 416GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 120 100 12897419454 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 95 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5829 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 69539744 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 606339108 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8155 (C2) HDA temperature 166 111 249109086244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 19151 (03) Spinup time 136 132 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3781 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 520 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5043 (C2) HDA temperature 104 74 39 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	32.1% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 54.1 Mixed 54.8 42% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $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