Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.21% 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	160% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 17:03
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 723 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

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 Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.78 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.57 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,399 Write 560 Mixed 761 199% 907 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 46.3 177% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 101 142% 258 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 157%
Intel SSDSC2KF256H6L 256GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 84GB free Firmware: LBFL10P Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 40 111671771174 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 111671771174 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 543 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 543 (F2) Unknown 100 100 787 (F9) Unknown 100 100 506	93.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 282 Mixed 394 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.8 144% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 76.6 112% 207 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 86%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 71GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13946224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 125249836288732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 42 77312163866 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 77312163866 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13946224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13946224 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13946224 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7219 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7191 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7191 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7128	69.2% Good	Read 498 Write 171 Mixed 268 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 16.9 105% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 49.2 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 24.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 118%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
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 $300	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