Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.5% 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	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 00:07
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$62 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 193 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 312 40% 305 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$84 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372D) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 34.3 28% 31 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 30.5 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2199120577847 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 68 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 56 188978561059 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1911283581373 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2949 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6255 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3844 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5357 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.5% Average	Read 485 Write 115 Mixed 137 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 3.46 72% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 3.65 24% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 684GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 62375740 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14128291 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (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 70 56 504430622 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1211 (C2) HDA temperature 30 11 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 62375740 (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 87484188853289 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6730872468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5901646407	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 165 Mixed 147 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Toshiba USB DISK 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 3.79 Mixed 5.93 11% 12 MB/s	4K Read 8.35 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 31% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2448, 2448 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 23.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 82%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,919x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,400x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	641x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	743x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	605x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16