Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 16:23
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 421 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 96 85% 105 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 102 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 778 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 310 (B1) Unknown 96 96 17 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5940476616	72.8% Very good	Read 486 Write 264 Mixed 268 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 16.3 113% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 16.4 39% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 835GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896567475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 555 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 163209543712 (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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 140 Mixed 127 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.16 54% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500321CS 500GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 370GB free Firmware: SC14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180605046 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 587 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 744742 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 319 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 56 56 44 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 554893345 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 54 180605046 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42% Average	Read 74.2 Write 72.1 Mixed 72.5 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 47%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 22GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 42.4 Write 9.15 Mixed 12.6 21% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.71 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.69 104% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 2x4GB 4,643 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 91%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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