Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 17:56
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 30.7 2-Core 93.5 48% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 649 52% 459 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 56.2 34% 45.9 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 37.7 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4135 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (A5) Unknown 100 100 189023322608 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 44 188979544090 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2353660166692 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2497 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10147 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7890 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9012 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.6% Average	Read 322 Write 184 Mixed 220 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 10.4 48% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 97.6 DQ Write 86.4 DQ Mixed 27.7 38% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 108%
WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 240GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 46GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -27401891342724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2565 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 44 51542491162 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 401532 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 401532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 584557 (F9) Unknown 100 100 50650	46.8% Average	Read 303 Write 219 Mixed 276 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 11.8 56% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 40.1 48% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 854GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 88 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 85 (03) Spinup time 149 100 34387460441 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3865 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 231955956990 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 303890461 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15760 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15760 (C2) HDA temperature 206 130 197569282077 (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 1 2458	70.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 99.8 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6124 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (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 200 199 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 179 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.37 134% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%

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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	3,900x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,387x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16