Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.72% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '16 at 05:34
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 519 71% 526 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 85%

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.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.75 7% 9.21 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB 4,240 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 140 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2556018 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 61 49 219044642855 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2049 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3496 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2876 (F4) Unknown 100 100 39 (F5) Unknown 100 100 114 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1328432	61.7% Good	Read 456 Write 163 Mixed 282 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 11.8 101% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 11.6 37% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 163 163 38679806333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1952 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1952 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 206159544351 (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 200 200 0	69.5% Good	Read 128 Write 114 Mixed 109 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 82%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 577GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 155 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4923 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3293 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4923 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 33 (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 200 200 2683 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.45 127% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%
Sandisk Ultra 62GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 47GB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 149 Write 113 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 1.35 445% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 575 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 28.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 111%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,900x
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