Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 04:23
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	46%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 485 59% 450 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 89% 109 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 93.3 78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201864904734 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2671012865 (F7) Unknown 100 100 84924005 (F8) Unknown 100 100 29320092 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4396 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 471 Write 304 Mixed 265 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 27.3 84% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 36.3 DQ Mixed 50.5 59% 107 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8589 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 420 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (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 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30461002181	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 407 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 47.7 172% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 124 108% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 21GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -92565134262663 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1119 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 227 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43530 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43530 (F2) Unknown 100 100 80129 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1064	51.5% Above average	Read 428 Write 66.4 Mixed 109 43% 201 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 12.9 92% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 27.2 36% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 179GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 8283 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6159 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 97713 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 32 (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	48.5% Average	Read 87.4 Write 81.3 Mixed 64.2 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.15 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 96%
Mass Storage Device 128GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 52GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 20.4 Write 15.7 Mixed 20.1 24% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.67 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.96 183% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB M378A1G43DB0-CPB 16GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 105%

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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	3,877x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,374x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
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 $134	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