Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80% 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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 01:05
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 653 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 2739) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.34% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 3.75 3% 4.26 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.34% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 786439 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 282 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 64 274879217695 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25 (EA) Unknown 100 100 52 (F1) Unknown 253 253 43 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80% Very good	Read 490 Write 236 Mixed 189 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 18.2 120% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 44.6 90% 186 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2306088 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 7407 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 -57994943397881 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22372307 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1985660	91% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 139 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,970 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 338GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 77.4 120% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 259GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 87.3 Write 81 Mixed 54.2 92% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.09 14% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
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 $132	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