Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 00:21
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 545 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1584) 3GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25791955247 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3115 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3156 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223338889257 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 576	37.7% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 71.9 Mixed 72.4 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 131 Write 54.2 Mixed 62.1 91% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.78 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.79 102% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 38%
Intenso Speed Line 16GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 18.5 Mixed 28.8 35% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.12 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 30 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 30 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 102%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $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