Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	54.4% 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)
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41% Average	Memory 40 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 154 46% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 258 33% 249 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.4% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 64.8 58% 69 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 58.2 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23444 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2064 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 127 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 440 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 864343 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 864343 (F2) Unknown 100 100 399911
Poor: 26% Great: 45%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 232 177 3366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54945 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 40 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.22 57% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 269GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2098 (03) Spinup time 137 122 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 725999 (C2) HDA temperature 110 87 37 (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	50.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 77.4 Mixed 70.7 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Read 24 Write 5.78 Mixed 6.05 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 0% 0.01 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 6.3 22% 7.67 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 2.5 9% 3.2 GB/s	Latency 202 20% 202 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 88%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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