Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 777 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E349) CLim: 1216 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 73.6 48% 65.2 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 52.4 46% 56.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 572GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73293272 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1910215 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 622657573 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1783 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 107374182437 (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 127277060849814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3906879031 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5104050734	87.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 138 Mixed 131 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 85546066 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 236637569 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 639369254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 623 (C2) HDA temperature 38 20 85899345958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 85546066 (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 -115822383067895 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22868608942 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26853629164	80.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 130 Mixed 104 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 63GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 3920 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 255253978 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3323 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 43589107750 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 -140737488355290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 31 3920 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84254373434594 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1308696014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3803633923	52.4% Above average	Read 93 Write 89.8 Mixed 93.2 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.61 104% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 42%

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

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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	3,896x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,326x
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 $90Bench 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	551x
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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16