Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	74.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 00:09
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 748 71% 588 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 51.6 Parallax 54.7 36% 50.4 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 36.3 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 EVO 500G 500GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7160 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1327 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 62 48 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23576882828	74.8% Very good	Read 473 Write 327 Mixed 346 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 20.4 104% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 18.9 42% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 115%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 147GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 926 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28278 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 29 (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	63.2% Good	Read 119 Write 101 Mixed 81.9 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 84%
WD WD5000AACS-00G8B 500GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 6GB free Firmware: 05.0 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 137 136 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3313 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3324 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 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	37% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 63.2 Mixed 71.4 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 4x8GB 743 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.2 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 31 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 127%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,929x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,409x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	645x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	818x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	607x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	234x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16