Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 371 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 37.1 33% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39 Splatting 34.9 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 271 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18481529 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16790 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9873 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3027 (F4) Unknown 100 100 282 (F5) Unknown 100 100 377 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10427168 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 29479	54.3% Above average	Read 497 Write 16.1 Mixed 379 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 9.34 101% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 24.8 46% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 82%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2695 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91347 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 27 (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	79.9% Very good	Read 146 Write 132 Mixed 101 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 78 20438861 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5849 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 103 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 386344880 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2902 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16890 (BC) Unknown 100 98 178 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471400476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 6 20438861 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 35 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -120916214234353 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1288908608 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3168179248	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.46 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3000C15-4GRBB G.SKILL F4-3000C15-4GRBB 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 95%

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

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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	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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 $40Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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