Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	240% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 837 88% 703 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 2047 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 72.4 54% 71.7 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 64.4 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,080 Write 885 Mixed 1,096 297% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 55.2 259% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 199 247% 452 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 243%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 318GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165070417 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 387692123 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 487981084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 42 165070417 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 99 Mixed 90.7 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 108GB free Firmware: 3.ACF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 94 56683364 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 545966924 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 555155488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 93 64 240999604 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.4% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 65.2 Mixed 63 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 42%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 88GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 27.9 Mixed 9.53 25% 20 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.13 32% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 17%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 64GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 59.3 Write 69.3 Mixed 67.6 86% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 0GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 149 Write 107 Mixed 124 156% 127 MB/s	4K Read 6.09 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.44 187% 3.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.4 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 32.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 80%

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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	3,890x
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