Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 11:24
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 574 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 70.8 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 61.8 58% 72 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 1320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1125 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 142862 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 75 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 113 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 274353 (F2) Unknown 100 100 162365 (F5) Unknown 100 100 285724	65.7% Good	Read 479 Write 242 Mixed 266 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 19.1 100% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 16.4 22% 39 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 192GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026232 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1489 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10930 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10930 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 167504445466 (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 1	72.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 107 Mixed 123 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 36.2 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 32.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,723 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,382x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,323x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16