Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 15:36
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	GTM-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 28.1 2-Core 213 62% 112 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 428 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.9% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 41.3 28% 35.6 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 27.7 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: MKAOA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 31 31 4271704276 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 104 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769804382 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 85 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2993 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2993 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176095100961 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 90 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 147 147 4306763907 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 408 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 206159478814 (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	63.5% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 132 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	3,906x
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	816x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

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 $250	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