Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 06:29
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 477 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 213GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8658715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 31550829778353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 311 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 86 68725112865 (C2) HDA temperature 33 86 68725112865 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8658715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8658715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8658715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19481 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12803 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12803 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8237	85.7% Excellent	Read 519 Write 254 Mixed 297 78% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18.4 132% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 65.7 101% 192 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 128201025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 7146825593994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 192 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 49 68722688034 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 68722688034 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 128201025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 128201025 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 128201025 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12102 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5065 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5065 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3326	74.1% Very good	Read 490 Write 190 Mixed 230 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 22.5 125% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 46.4 61% 107 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38687474163 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 78 78 27440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 27440 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 219044446243 (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	80.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 109 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.49 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2193 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2065 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.7% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 114 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.46 132% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 18.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 113%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
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	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 $295	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