Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.8% 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	96.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 14:15
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 563 75% 559 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.8% Below average	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 163 Parallax 142 2% 103 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 149 Splatting 120 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 446GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (AF) Unknown 100 100 416612418163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 83 285540369 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3012606 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 82 82 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3012606 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9163479	115% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 487 Mixed 478 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39.4 165% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 145 158% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2089 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295623286 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 79 352780309 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 118343 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 118343 (F2) Unknown 100 100 181219	96.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 287 Mixed 361 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 32.7 154% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 99.3 128% 231 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 210GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 2500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1324 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 130 Mixed 129 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 579 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 29GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 138 Write 17.4 Mixed 34.2 58% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.72 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.61 93% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.3 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 29.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,878x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	548x
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 $273	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 $185	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