Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	17.9 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 435 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (94 fps cap detected)	76.1% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 94.6 76% 94 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 92.9 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 121GB free Firmware: P0624AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 537 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1623 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35318055108633 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19009 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18864 (F5) Unknown 100 100 19171	28.1% Poor	Read 181 Write 60.9 Mixed 64 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 12.1 50% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 58.5 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 19 20% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 1354 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 158914707485 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11608711780 (F7) Unknown 100 100 363164244 (F8) Unknown 100 100 229025236 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	37.3% Below average	Read 293 Write 168 Mixed 173 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 9.55 47% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 47.1 DQ Mixed 9.1 14% 24.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 95%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 31GB free Firmware: P0705AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 259 (94) Unknown 100 100 26789 (95) Unknown 100 100 412 (96) Unknown 100 100 214 (97) Unknown 100 100 362 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12659 (A5) Unknown 100 100 45 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37525685075993 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42109 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15672 (F5) Unknown 100 100 74767 (F6) Unknown 100 100 53578 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	46.1% Average	Read 329 Write 147 Mixed 155 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 17.2 70% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 79.9 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 25.7 28% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 32.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%

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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	3,900x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,386x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16