Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 434 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.2 93% 108 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 85.5 74% 91 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92282888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2807881 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (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 70 65 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1504 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 90194313246 (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 -120357868535570 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2039008841 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17294630228	91.1% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 176 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.48 182% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ABA200V 2TB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 919GB free Firmware: MZ4OABC0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 17197564174 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4502 (05) Reallocated sector count 55 55 978 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1316 (C0) Power-off retract count 77 77 28041 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 28041 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799805982 (C4) Reallocation count 55 55 983 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 137 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 783GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230008086 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5021175966 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3631 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 115965886500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 606273572 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 55834574884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 30 230008086 (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 97152160267375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1800017247 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1813517055	62.3% Good	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 108 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.38 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 115%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,688 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	3,880x
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 $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $46

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