Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 585 76% 573 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2189 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 71.8 71% 80.8 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 78.2 64% 77.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 100 100 853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (64) Unknown 100 100 1656288 (65) Unknown 100 100 325056 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 976 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 668 (B7) Unknown 98 98 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 163209936923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3011 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1713 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2521 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2805 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 491 Write 197 Mixed 227 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 9.84 88% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 27.9 39% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 408GB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 131 131 25788088619 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1974 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2798 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 249109217309 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 164 Write 134 Mixed 127 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 94GB free Firmware: AX1E1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th 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 1683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (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 100 100 214 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5571 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 158914969627 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 36 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.1% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 64 Mixed 67.2 49% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 29.5 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 29.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,926x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,407x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	644x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,334x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	607x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16