Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (85%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 04:12
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 527 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 89.5 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 423GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 655366 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 573 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 67 287764250658 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 55 (EA) Unknown 100 100 70 (F1) Unknown 253 253 69 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 489 Mixed 448 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.8 136% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 66 119% 235 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9527090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -47210280513820 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 83 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 37 81606803488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 81606803488 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9527090 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9527090 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9527090 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2618 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2618 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1919 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3866671	51.9% Above average	Read 491 Write 114 Mixed 153 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 8.97 78% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 7.76 23% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 655GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 523 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 32 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 146 Mixed 155 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%

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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	3,891x
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