Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 19:32
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 723 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85C3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.8 32% 35.5 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 35 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14064 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1116882012657 (A6) Unknown 100 100 16 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 66 (A9) Unknown 100 100 435 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 283468890142 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7812633134875 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18708 (EA) Unknown 100 100 52164 (F1) Unknown 253 253 48877 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16222 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 343 Mixed 311 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 20.1 92% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 43.5 88% 183 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 91GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 22082 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (A5) Unknown 100 100 416706790464 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 227633659938 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5574935971090 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4797 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11340 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7750 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6581 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.9% Very good	Read 471 Write 186 Mixed 219 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 19.5 109% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 51.9 96% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45191160 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 945171 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 68 60 639369248 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16514 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 90194313248 (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 -127113852087960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1056172025 (F2) Unknown 100 253 831512103	96.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 163 Mixed 174 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 1.5TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 308GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.2 Mixed 31.9 46% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 120%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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