Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.1% 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	82.8% 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	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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 15:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 555 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 78.1 53% 67.3 fps	MRender 58.9 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 76.2 53% 62.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: M208 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 210 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2642 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 253 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 208 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 253 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (C2) HDA temperature 38 0 68722491430 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 210 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 94667 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27165 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31351 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 195644	82.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 377 Mixed 487 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.2 125% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 81.3 59% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 231655711 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 431050873 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 30593052059732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (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 65 56 723255331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138303 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 47244640291 (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 21062519626762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42022062080 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53638836751	48.2% Average	Read 87.4 Write 80.7 Mixed 80.8 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 79%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $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 $45	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