Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 505 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.4 39% 48.9 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 62 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 165GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1092 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 342 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 984222230	85.7% Excellent	Read 499 Write 405 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 20.4 117% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 16.1 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8041 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1204 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20637410924
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 207828089 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 17227546140 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -113859583012352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 487784475 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2582 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15744 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (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 -127006477908936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12114932907 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15116020722	93.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 118 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 157 Write 158 Mixed 162 206% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.33 55% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

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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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,374x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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