Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 03:34
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$113 342,244 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 (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 571 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1500 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 23.5 20% 22.7 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 25.9 Splatting 19.7 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3255 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24389 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1739 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2286 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 486 Write 383 Mixed 433 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 3.87 41% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 91.1 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 5.44 25% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$35 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 137 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 11	88.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 135 Mixed 137 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.58 164% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 438GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 1080 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 333856795 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 606076961 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 37 1080 (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 132538395808991 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4174022890 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3926854666	61.5% Good	Read 101 Write 113 Mixed 94.1 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.73 125% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 107%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,931x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,412x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,336x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	819x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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