Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	62.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 06:42
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$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)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 415 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 43 Parallax 37.2 34% 40.5 fps	MRender 50 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 38.3 36% 44.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z23330RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 602 (A6) Unknown 100 100 53 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 104 (A9) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 91 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 240518168617 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 834 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7518 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2338 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2962	62.4% Good	Read 489 Write 178 Mixed 259 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 3.79 87% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 26 63% 133 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 256GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 163744395 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27105457 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 571867168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 553 (C2) HDA temperature 32 14 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 163744395 (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 21663815043152 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13306627346 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9782435123	89.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 139 Mixed 103 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 99%

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

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $179	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