Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 828 86% 694 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2951 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 214 Parallax 209 162% 208 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 189 Splatting 131 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,855 Write 1,307 Mixed 1,200 322% 1,454 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 31.5 123% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 25.6 156% 361 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: N1126K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59447 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 153 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 228314 (F2) Unknown 100 100 409768 (F5) Unknown 100 100 475576	79.8% Very good	Read 508 Write 396 Mixed 449 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 17 97% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 19.2 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55795280 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2676957 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 437452825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6562 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 30064771097 (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 54554674595113 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12227705161889 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11734651138914	83.3% Excellent	Read 134 Write 156 Mixed 120 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3242 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 34.7 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 34.2 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,750 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	739x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16