Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% 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)
Boot Drive	78.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 04:12
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 360 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 89.5 55% 72.4 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 78.5 54% 64.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 132 100 644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (A6) Unknown 100 100 284 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 336 (A9) Unknown 100 100 253 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 358 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 100 261993005106 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3154 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 54095 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7270 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6373	78.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 330 Mixed 375 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 4.29 107% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 21.1 72% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 559GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62204760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64698383 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 55 33 104162405056557 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 120243 (C2) HDA temperature 45 67 64424509485 (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 -122698625706735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24755980574 (F2) Unknown 100 253 239009871013	89.1% Excellent	Read 171 Write 140 Mixed 145 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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