Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 23:03
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$88 342,244 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 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 568 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2055 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 72.3 70% 80.6 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 75.3 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 244GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7309 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5832771 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 814 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 261994315809 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81604378643 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 928 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1394 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1259 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1087 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 236 Mixed 290 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 18 107% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 9.37 79% 188 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 107%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2417 Write 1,222 Mixed 1,556 382% 1,731 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 31.8 154% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 34 50% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 292%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050D 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 896GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 122338024 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 109428 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (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 70 70 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 871 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 81604378654 (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 -24532853194721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 119017799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57501618	110% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 181 Mixed 176 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 97%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050D 500GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 105GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 30551 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5743 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 31706 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108889628 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 56 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1490 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 263 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46% Average	Read 80.3 Write 80 Mixed 76.6 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2533, 2533 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.7 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 93%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,912x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,398x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16