Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	102% 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '16 at 02:46
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$134 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 381 53% 392 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4377 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.11% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.74 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 15.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 23 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 204636975	102% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 397 Mixed 417 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 40.8 146% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 113 129% 223 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA721075KLA330 750GB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 698GB free Firmware: GK8OA74A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 118 118 30100816337 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 638 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 638 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864642596 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47.3% Average	Read 80.3 Write 84 Mixed 85.3 63% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.46 122% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%
Hitachi HUA7250SBSUN500G 0835JGYMGF 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 458GB free Firmware: GK6OA90A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25797132678 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2214 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864577060 (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 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 80 Write 83 Mixed 89.7 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.44 117% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 10.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,841 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,945x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,418x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	744x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369