Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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	38.3% 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	201% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '16 at 09:45
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 782 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W8100 (FireGL V) 34 User benchmarks, average bench 31% AMD(1002 0B0C) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 48.5 Parallax 61 36% 51.3 fps	MRender 45.7 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 61.8 42% 50.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3243 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 32 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1935 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 42 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5266 (F2) Unknown 99 99 6417	201% Outstanding	Read 1,902 Write 1,006 Mixed 1,224 304% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.3 194% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 29.7 39% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 241%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 129GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126967536 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1228943 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (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 68 62 571670560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9674 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 73014444064 (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 -2482491096229 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6662351264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 312840221	80.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 137 Mixed 128 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free Firmware: 3.AHC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 234062872 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 823328805 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 57 41104091 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 88.4 Mixed 88.1 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 94%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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