Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.1% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 01:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 438 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 50.6 53% 59.2 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 58.5 54% 67 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 758GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 392 (A3) Unknown 100 100 85 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13329 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58035 (F5) Unknown 100 100 106632	72.9% Very good	Read 430 Write 250 Mixed 236 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 22.1 102% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 44.7 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140152000 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 449830509 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 4883480611 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31595 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118747255819995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58943392781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66332360414	93.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 133GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138822822 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 424884298 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2571 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 103080788029 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 605290530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 20 138822822 (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 -137086766109516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3924039960 (F2) Unknown 100 253 740324827	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.5 Mixed 89.9 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 80%

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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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