Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% 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	56.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 06:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 478 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 62 Parallax 77.4 55% 69.1 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 77.9 54% 64.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 52%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.62 6% 9.01 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (64) Unknown 100 100 5624752 (65) Unknown 100 100 598816 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 89 89 3348 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 686 (B7) Unknown 98 98 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 150325166108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4 (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 4 (E7) Temperature 90 90 10 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10278 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3321 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4821 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4	56.3% Above average	Read 463 Write 189 Mixed 188 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 8.77 87% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 8.29 15% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 378GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 201512 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 130 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16