Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	90.7% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 225 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 729 70% 580 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 86% 109 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 88.4 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ128G8NY 128GB 7,789 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C2) HDA temperature 61 33 287763857447 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 457 Mixed 487 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 23.2 120% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 23.1 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 38238616 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 20347 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 77309411351 (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 -22814866276339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13565192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30764551	99.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 170 Mixed 165 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 720GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 97 168747424 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32144776 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 58 370278422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11608 (C2) HDA temperature 22 42 51539607574 (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 -85418309581376 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25976409492 (F2) Unknown 100 253 345170460503	97.3% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 153 Mixed 149 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.7 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 103%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $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