Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 16:00
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 718 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 67.5 65% 75.7 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 73.3 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5459 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 308 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6055955276	105% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 405 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 47.5 147% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 112 140% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 266GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14616210 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6899 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 627180789 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6899 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 504561694 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 17 14616210 (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 122488172341954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3725064011 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1286690986	64.9% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 188GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 91 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25790644541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3278 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3582 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 337510430 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4557 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4557 (C2) HDA temperature 200 146 180389347358 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 89.6 Mixed 75.3 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 104%

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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	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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