Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 22:42
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 731 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 126 Parallax 96.3 77% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 98.5 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7590 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 182 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14669024505
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 71 184351775 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 799 (05) Reallocated sector count 66 66 1420 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 704742964 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295099634 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 689373220 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 22 184351775 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58630598595490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1848079538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1988410758	62.8% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 74.1 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%
Fujitsu MHZ2160BH G2 160GB-$80 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 114GB free Firmware: 00850009 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 81036 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 2626878 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1792 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1686 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 131569 (C2) HDA temperature 100 55 296353464351 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 22290210 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 117092436 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 753097 (F1) Unknown 100 100 59129171214339 (F2) Unknown 100 100 -52187483799549	31.3% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 53.5 Mixed 52 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 34%
WD My Passport 259B 3TB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 259b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 132 Write 115 Mixed 101 145% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 2,984 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 144%

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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 $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 $40Bench 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 $40	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