Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.3% 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	91.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 01:08
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 779 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 69 Parallax 60.7 54% 65.5 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 70 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18088 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5021 (B1) Unknown 85 85 171 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30151771198	91.5% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 348 Mixed 338 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 23.7 129% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 66.9 109% 213 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 151 151 34383200655 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (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 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274249252 (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 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 184 Mixed 162 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.17 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 648GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 65 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 99 99 (03) Spinup time 137 100 34387460512 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1537 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 30086135811 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 522256416 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1634 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1634 (C2) HDA temperature 187 133 193274445856 (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 200 200 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 130 Mixed 104 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.45 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 562GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203942776 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4729 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 41 36 26044740838798 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4719 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17329 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 30064771106 (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 140587164517161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35941780588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60323902437	66.7% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 127 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 28.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%

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

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	549x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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