Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 23:42
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 206 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 328 43% 325 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365C) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 7.58 Parallax 10.3 7% 8.9 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 7.09 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.99% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1142 (A5) Unknown 100 100 670118053247 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 50 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 240519086111 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622957012736 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8117 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14718 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11609 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15714 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.7% Good	Read 482 Write 177 Mixed 247 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 16.3 84% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 48.5 71% 135 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 332GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6600 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13722 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 90.4 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.2 29% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 146GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 821 (03) Spinup time 204 165 4783 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10376 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 184290 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 24	38.5% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 68.8 Mixed 52 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.03 10% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 138GB free Firmware: 07.04C07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 4933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5401 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5066 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 637 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5390 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.6% Average	Read 83.1 Write 75.5 Mixed 67.8 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 15GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 128 Write 38.5 Mixed 38.7 70% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.65 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.94 97% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 8,569 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,374x
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 $132	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