Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 675 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 42.6 27% 46 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 52.4 40% 48.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6806 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 688 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28209419404	110% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 399 Mixed 415 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 45.3 169% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 27.2 95% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 24GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 3 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22493 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1825 (AF) Unknown 99 99 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 276 (B2) Unknown 73 73 1086 (B3) Unknown 73 73 2140 (B4) Unknown 73 73 5924 (B5) Unknown 99 99 3 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1464769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 1464769 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 73 73 2946 (F1) Unknown 4 4 4133086117 (F2) Unknown 11 11 3847728979	43.3% Average	Read 230 Write 211 Mixed 174 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 10.4 59% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 12.8 29% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 55%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 393GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113002889 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57110884 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1804 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 57 47 739639339 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3631 (C2) HDA temperature 43 53 68719476779 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 19 113002889 (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 -78288663848995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1400475305 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1701744568	55.4% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 99.7 Mixed 110 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 68GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45521304 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 667 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16214593 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 571867169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13773 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 33 (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 29368986374435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10028430878 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26067769918	66.4% Good	Read 87.9 Write 142 Mixed 125 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.51 187% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.5% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,379x
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	810x
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