Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.8% 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	83% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 17:11
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 503 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 63.6 56% 67.6 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 56.2 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 PRO SSD 128GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0517A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 100 100 101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4902 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (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 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6340 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17973 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22852 (F5) Unknown 100 100 19679	83% Excellent	Read 500 Write 429 Mixed 465 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 4.68 109% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 87.5 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 4.81 47% 105 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 829GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 13646253 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 571955 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (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 71 65 504561693 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 29 18 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 13646253 (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 27586574942304 (F1) Unknown 100 253 260994942 (F2) Unknown 100 253 242296770	94.5% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 157 Mixed 153 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 26 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16