Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.61% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '16 at 17:05
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 440 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 6.84 6% 8.14 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 14.8 8% 8.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 100 91 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12894535805 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 36 154620133407 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 253407002684 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 363 (EA) Unknown 100 100 642 (F1) Unknown 253 253 526 (F2) Unknown 253 253 310 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 438 Write 146 Mixed 209 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 18.2 96% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 50.7 82% 161 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 93%
WD WD6400AAKS-65A7B 640GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 26GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 149 146 5533 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2696 (C2) HDA temperature 105 93 42 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.2% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 61.5 Mixed 61.4 50% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%
IS916 innostor 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 0GB free, PID 0916 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 39 Write 15.5 Mixed 22.2 29% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.19 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.55 70% 3.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 6,074 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 49%

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

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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	3,912x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16