Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 15:37
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 674 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 65.6 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 72.8 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 811GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 40 128851640358 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9123 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9123 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4725 (F9) Unknown 100 100 135 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 440 Mixed 483 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 38.9 136% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 11.8 83% 192 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 96%
OCZ AGILITY2 60GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2GB free Firmware: 1.23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -14448269943517 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1072 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 1 129 545469300737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4096 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4160 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4160 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9600	26.9% Poor	Read 190 Write 61.5 Mixed 89.4 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 9.94 4K Mixed 10 46% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 67.9 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 14.4 18% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 98 69415938 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7574 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 45 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111169758 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1384 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 452 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 29 69415938 (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 73761768370726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2693598671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34156548	36.7% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 63.5 Mixed 61.4 48% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 29.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16