Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 02:07
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	URY-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 538 60% 469 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.53 6% 9.03 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 68.3 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,546 Write 1,800 Mixed 1,929 464% 2,092 MB/s	4K Read 1.49 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 23.4 66% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 56.3 67% 122 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 57GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34225 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 711 (B1) Unknown 92 92 284 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 514 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43426644574	55.5% Above average	Read 511 Write 319 Mixed 375 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 3.97 4K Write 8.22 4K Mixed 14.1 28% 8.77 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 37.4 53% 101 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 116%
Intel X25-M 120GB 1,606 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 35GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26027 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 620292 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1243 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2970133830 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 256 Write 117 Mixed 160 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 7.25 80% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 46.7 55% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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