Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 17:17
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 714 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300); msi gtx 1070 ti titanium CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 133 109% 138 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 124 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 281 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (64) Unknown 100 100 460912 (65) Unknown 100 100 60304 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 200 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 826 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 128850001946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 21 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1217 (EA) Unknown 100 100 528 (F1) Unknown 100 100 750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 706 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 126	69.2% Good	Read 475 Write 229 Mixed 231 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 13.6 93% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 29.9 71% 153 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 498GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1256 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	91.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 167 Mixed 173 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 618GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 98 Write 95.9 Mixed 68.4 110% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G Corsair CMV4GX4M1A2133C15 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 73%

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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%

Gunboat

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 $90Bench 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 $300	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