Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.8% 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	80.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 16:18
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 184 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 411 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.8% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 53.4 Parallax 67.2 47% 59.2 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 49.6 Splatting 66.4 47% 56.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (A5) Unknown 100 100 43000791737 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 177 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 60 257699217456 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1524732920163 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2553 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5082 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4364 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4071 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 228 Mixed 240 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 18.9 121% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 46.4 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 483GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1273 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 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	101% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 152 Mixed 147 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 110%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,393x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16