Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.5% 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	98.1% 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 (43%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 404 48% 372 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 93.9 92% 107 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 112 Splatting 93.4 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 850 EVO M.2 250GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9939 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2723 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (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 57 50 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 112 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28084526153	98.1% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 26 141% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 25.8 81% 174 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 122%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 43GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th 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 54 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1435 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 53 201864052775 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5028448781 (F7) Unknown 100 100 157179972 (F8) Unknown 100 100 91249834 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1937 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 481 Write 339 Mixed 341 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 24.5 107% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 46.8 96% 197 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109862816 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 357160552 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6749 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 524336 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 17785815075 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6861 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 -140737488355293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 109862816 (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 -111467286212380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1965607964 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4136738989	74.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 108 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.79 135% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 935GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148225136 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32144640 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2719 (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 65 53 605880355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 139230 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 34359738403 (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 64153926504534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19547078918 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65835853192	101% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 158 Mixed 169 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.1% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,379x
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	810x
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 $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