Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

CPU throttled at 50% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	44.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	50%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 67 1-Core 55.1 2-Core 110 47% 77.4 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 217 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 78% 104 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,944 Write 1,360 Mixed 1,200 332% 1,501 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 33.1 123% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 80.5 83% 138 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 254%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 112GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2752 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1202 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 69 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703994 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3094	71.4% Very good	Read 509 Write 330 Mixed 347 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 10 75% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 44.9 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 689GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187855376 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26158731604 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7184 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 36 58721331642398 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 670 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 319826 (C2) HDA temperature 30 64 -140737488355298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 23 187855376 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 109 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 44.1 Write 22.7 Mixed 39 43% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.18 34% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 48GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 96%

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Gaming 69%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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