Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 02:48
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 213 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 426 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 133 107% 135 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 580GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32698 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 125 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 54 43 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 100215660825	80.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 329 Mixed 344 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 20.6 120% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 65.1 68% 105 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 126%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 834GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8308 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6820 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 45153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6517 (C2) HDA temperature 100 92 52 (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 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	71.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 116 Mixed 132 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.41 139% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 07A8 500GB 1,257 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 52GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 79.3 Mixed 62.7 92% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 46%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 4GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 37 Write 30 Mixed 25.4 38% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.63 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.58 58% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 39%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 8.96 Mixed 12.9 17% 15 MB/s	4K Read 8.14 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 31% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 111%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,750 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	739x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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