Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.9% 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	101% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '16 at 16:54
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 778 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 63.2 41% 49.2 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 42.7 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3149 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2032 (B1) Unknown 96 96 119 (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 58 49 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 281 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28860895248	101% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 428 Mixed 444 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 25.2 134% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 67.9 121% 240 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 20 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 122 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 96%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 106GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 86 205418331 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 48 48 53298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9351716 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3552 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 1507358 (BD) vendor-specific 67 67 33 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 42 205418331 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	33.1% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 57.5 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 62%
HP v210w 8GB 615 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 5607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.77% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 3.92 Mixed 5.46 9% 9.27 MB/s	4K Read 5.24 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.77% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3090 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 105%

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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
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	229x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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