Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 18:17
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 421 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 68 63% 74.4 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (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 4179 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 68471 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 65 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 130 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1721794 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 618388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 461802 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1095536	98.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 422 Mixed 467 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 36.7 133% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 21.1 79% 174 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66920200 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4332034 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950393868 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35840 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (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 44195213480977 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9379692394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19101282268	77.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 122 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186396043 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 199054985 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 431 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 186396043 (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 -33621003975929 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3711106927 (F2) Unknown 100 253 771667314	53.8% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 90.2 Mixed 72.3 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 70%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 275GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 183 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 13 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2385 (C2) HDA temperature 120 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 192 192 8 (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	37.4% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 65.3 Mixed 64 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.4 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

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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