Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	79% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 00:17
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 474 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2125 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2422 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 988 (B1) Unknown 85 85 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 62 42 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14945404085	79% Very good	Read 480 Write 257 Mixed 267 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 24.4 118% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 15.6 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 571GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896633011 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1066 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1268 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094445602 (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	86.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 143 Mixed 106 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500321CS 500GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 99GB free Firmware: SC14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120487738 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 8591502115 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 984 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 175 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 554893344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 54 120487738 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.3% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 62.7 Mixed 63.1 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 47%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 21GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 8.49 Mixed 16.5 22% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 1.44 146% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 2x4GB 4,643 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $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