Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.6% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 659 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 72.6 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 64.8 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 566GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12922 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 90 (A8) Unknown 100 100 45 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1939 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 48 206159282209 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2306 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1802 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6241 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 434 Mixed 463 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 26.4 124% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 61.6 115% 229 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9112 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 526 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22540897459	96.6% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 354 Mixed 396 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 40.5 132% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 113 138% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 134%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51579716194 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2886 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 176094642207 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 104 Mixed 76.5 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454623259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6947 (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	54.8% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 91.4 Mixed 107 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 109%
WD 5000AAK External 500GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 30GB free, PID 0910 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 35 Write 34.1 Mixed 30.5 42% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $15	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