Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.9% 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	68.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 04:05
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 594 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 78.3 51% 68.8 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 56.3 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1446 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 97 (A3) Unknown 100 100 58 (A4) Unknown 100 100 47191 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10282 (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 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 219685 (F2) Unknown 100 100 294797 (F5) Unknown 100 100 377528	68.1% Good	Read 525 Write 245 Mixed 333 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 24.1 89% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 52.2 55% 89.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136903368 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 121260536 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 915 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 46 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 572391454 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23936 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 73014444062 (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 -64673617531961 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39532555872 (F2) Unknown 100 253 822093073458	106% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 138 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.85 221% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEEXX-12-K 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.8 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 89%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,947x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,418x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	745x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

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