Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.3% 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	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 15:00
Run Duration	400 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 579 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.7 82% 101 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 94.3 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.62 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 450GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 37 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B4) Unknown 0 0 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 46 231928234028 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 573260188 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9283621 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1823056	34.6% Below average	Read 131 Write 57 Mixed 74.8 19% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 21.6 76% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 70 DQ Write 40.6 DQ Mixed 30.7 30% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 125%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,843 Write 93.8 Mixed 186 149% 708 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 20.4 87% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 183 176% 295 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5390 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10623264030	33% Below average	Read 102 Write 55.8 Mixed 67.5 17% 75 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 27.2 4K Mixed 20.5 76% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 63.4 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 26.6 26% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 124%
Flash Disk 0GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 2096 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.56% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 4.18 Mixed 6.34 9% 8.06 MB/s	4K Read 5.82 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.56% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 103%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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