Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 06:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 243 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 697 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 7250) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 4.73 Parallax 5.5 4% 4.92 fps	MRender 5.24 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5.3 4% 4.81 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 9%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 16.3 9% 9.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8875 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 187 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9313377094	92.8% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 401 Mixed 410 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 20.7 123% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 105 126% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31500524AS 1.5TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4392489 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 250252103 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 16 4392489 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103959683420855 (F1) Unknown 100 253 719528230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4025715396	69.3% Good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 111 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.53 120% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 110%

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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	3,881x
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