Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.8% 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	92.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 03:16
Run Duration	374 Seconds
Run User	VEN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 464 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 63 53% 65.8 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 60.1 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 167 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 184683593759 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 63592804332 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2006270439 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3340924710	92.3% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 393 Mixed 430 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 28.3 120% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 57.8 103% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 193GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 95 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896829624 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1236 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167505231904 (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 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 102 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.18 53% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 103%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 161GB free Firmware: 1AC01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2840 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1571 (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 86 86 68296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 611 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 571736090 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 605290521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10316202 (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 99 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	59.2% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 110 Mixed 79.9 71% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.46 117% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 783GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 29 Mixed 18.9 33% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 21% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 44%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 1,946 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 6545, DT 101 G2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 6.51 Mixed 5.62 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.23 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.02 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 2x8GB 1,299 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

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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	3,882x
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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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