Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% 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	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 22:37
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 74.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 426 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 37.8 37% 38.3 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 36.2 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1178 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 71 (B1) Unknown 0 0 231 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43435 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 98 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 525 (EA) Unknown 0 0 121 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10795 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9603	74.6% Very good	Read 507 Write 161 Mixed 245 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 29.3 117% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 61.8 82% 151 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 24GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7486 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2438 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40072272 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 259 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 92 92 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11713 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22018 (F9) Unknown 100 100 644446445	86.2% Excellent	Read 453 Write 372 Mixed 410 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 22.1 113% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 73.8 108% 202 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 286GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 119 119 12897550529 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4366 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14443 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 266288693278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1407	63.1% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 67GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 185 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3643 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3519 (C2) HDA temperature 114 87 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 71 Write 77.4 Mixed 76.5 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.49 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 64GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6074 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5960 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 163 Write 114 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 23GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 72.1 Write 72.4 Mixed 56.2 85% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1913 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 44%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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