Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.4% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 15:22
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 285 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 563 75% 561 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 60.1 53% 63.7 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 61 Splatting 52.7 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JMicron 128GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 25GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 389 Write 188 Mixed 255 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 5.46 48% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 58.6 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 7.33 19% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 71%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 11GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 34299 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 289 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8611484926805 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.2% Good	Read 465 Write 191 Mixed 248 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 6.66 108% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 7.91 24% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13355 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 66 (B1) Unknown 87 87 261 (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 58 53 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45188396234	94.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 416 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 26.1 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 26.1 35% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 115%
JMicron 500GB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 153GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 125 Mixed 117 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.44 106% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 1,266 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%

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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	2,408x
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