Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

Run History

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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 562 75% 560 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 373A) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 63.6 62% 71 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 63GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1049 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 240519413787 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21790	78% Very good	Read 502 Write 329 Mixed 347 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 9.47 88% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 44.5 100% 210 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7882 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 926 (B1) Unknown 93 93 132 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22559430213	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 403 Mixed 418 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 42.9 162% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 97.6 136% 252 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 308GB free Firmware: HP63 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112329456 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 241816411 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2491 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3204285 (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 72 61 538640412 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 19 112329456 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.2% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 101 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.69 127% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 70%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 3,394 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.83% Terrible	Read 27.1 Write 8.27 Mixed 11.2 16% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.45 55% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.83% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.M16FB 1x8GB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 48%

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,744 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	3,903x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,390x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	602x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16