Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 16:29
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 540 67% 513 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.2 37% 42.8 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.2 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 65GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3887 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 972 (B1) Unknown 92 92 38 (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 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9623154138	79.3% Very good	Read 493 Write 276 Mixed 278 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 25.4 127% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 57.7 61% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8970156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -127895536131550 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2027 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 380 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 35 1005024641057 (C2) HDA temperature 33 35 1005024641057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8970156 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8970156 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8970156 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12140 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9750 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9750 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20640	55.5% Above average	Read 505 Write 97.8 Mixed 147 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 8.74 93% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 11.1 25% 49 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 255GB free Firmware: 3.AAM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 395796174229 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5311 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 623181861 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 57 52999664 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.7% Average	Read 73.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 73.2 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%
Generic Mass-Storage 0GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Read 15 Write 10.8 Mixed 10.5 15% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 28% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.M8FADG 2x4GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 84%

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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	3,882x
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 $109Bench 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 $52

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