Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.9% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 16:04
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 23.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 242 65% 133 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 473 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.9% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 72.2 59% 73.1 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 45.9 39% 48 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 644 (B1) Unknown 97 97 60 (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 54 49 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36536660331	76.9% Very good	Read 513 Write 399 Mixed 399 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 21.3 98% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 22.7 28% 49 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 124%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 155176767 (03) Spinup time 87 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23871254 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (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 61 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3181 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 6 155176767 (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 -59433757441075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 125003330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30173437	119% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 211 Mixed 183 149% 198 MB/s	4K Read 7.82 4K Write 4.53 4K Mixed 0.41 455% 4.25 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 243GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 201134268 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10170 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 337 (07) Seek error rate 65 59 8596268922 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555155489 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 15 201134268 (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 -23051089432722 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3636836616 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2399763375	50.2% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 83.7 Mixed 76.2 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 298 13% 298 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 86%

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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