Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). 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	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 19:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 521 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 66.2 64% 73.9 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 69.5 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4377 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.61 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 17 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: ES2OA60W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 217 100 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 6219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 8424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5817 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 22668935102464 (BC) Unknown 100 31 171820460836 (BE) vendor-specific 76 38 253296664 (BF) G-sense error rate 21 21 20259 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 23134561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 149551 (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 24 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	25.1% Poor	Read 35 Write 52.3 Mixed 44.4 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 46%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3GB free Firmware: GG2OAH20 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 198 198 127 (03) Spinup time 218 218 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9906 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 8390 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 468 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 210653 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 231928823827 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 35 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 157 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	25.2% Poor	Read 48.3 Write 39.3 Mixed 37.6 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 81%

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 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	3,882x
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 $140Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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