Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.34% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	247% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '16 at 10:41
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 91 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 54.5 43% 58.7 Pts	4-Core 97.3 8-Core 324 23% 211 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.69 6% 8.91 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15.8 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 512GB-$60 150 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 1096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7499 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 86654 (F2) Unknown 100 100 79878	247% Outstanding	Read 2,798 Write 551 Mixed 1,343 340% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 160 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 23.3 345% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 13.5 44% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 142%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 930GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99344687 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3628829 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2293 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 24 99344687 (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 4617089855643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1207913092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1959308870	61.6% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 98.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 765GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 6808 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6708 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 28 (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	43% Average	Read 82.7 Write 66.9 Mixed 70.1 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.39 106% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 57%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.67% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 4.46 Mixed 4.69 10% 9.99 MB/s	4K Read 2.69 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 11% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 28.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 113%

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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 $295	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