Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 17:53
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 501 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 91% 111 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 368GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10758 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 135 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 73 50 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5092852247	108% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 503 Mixed 517 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 28.4 163% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 27.6 66% 128 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8250 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1136 (B1) Unknown 98 98 72 (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 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18100813035	95.9% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 452 Mixed 507 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.7 149% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 26.3 36% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 305GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66147912 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 57 90661182105 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3201 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 70 98785820750 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65492 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 278 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -32796370252176 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56207506399653 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53250658059002	63.3% Good	Read 120 Write 101 Mixed 91.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 31.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 118%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,688 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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $129Bench 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	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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