Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.5% 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	107% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 21:11
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 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 (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 127 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 719 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 42.5 28% 46.9 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 38 Splatting 52.7 40% 49.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6812 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 706 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 60 57 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28283285165	107% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 401 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 41.5 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 26.6 82% 178 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 24GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 3 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22500 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1841 (AF) Unknown 99 99 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 277 (B2) Unknown 73 73 1086 (B3) Unknown 73 73 2140 (B4) Unknown 73 73 5924 (B5) Unknown 99 99 3 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1464769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 1464769 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 73 73 2946 (F1) Unknown 3 3 4206297469 (F2) Unknown 10 10 3871902460	49.8% Average	Read 248 Write 234 Mixed 227 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 10.9 74% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 13.7 32% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 55%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 393GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172785397 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57167178 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1820 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 54 47 774438958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3647 (C2) HDA temperature 46 53 68719476782 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 19 172785397 (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 -3221225449475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2805433490 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1865997218	56% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 99.9 Mixed 93.1 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.34 71% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 68GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65705176 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16267861 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 63 606142500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13807 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 36 (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 45294725108040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10046491599 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26078910580	62% Good	Read 72.5 Write 142 Mixed 124 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.52 188% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.9 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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