Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.9% 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	60.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '16 at 19:22
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 427 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1970) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 58.7 52% 62.7 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 52.3 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8619232991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -128213363720191 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 29 90196213787 (C2) HDA temperature 27 29 90196213787 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 107 8619232991 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 107 107 8619232991 (CC) Soft ECC correction 107 107 8619232991 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 77309411328 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	60.3% Good	Read 477 Write 151 Mixed 234 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 11.9 104% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 12.9 22% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 66 4810683 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3754 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 70 454361115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 27 19 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 6 4810683 (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 47145856008192 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3014062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1796621	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 179 Mixed 167 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 8.72 Mixed 18.8 23% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.23 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 1.04 109% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 108%

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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	3,890x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	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 $178	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) $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