Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	1,278% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 02:25
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 523 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 45.2 Parallax 39.2 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 36.9 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1,278% Outstanding	Read 5,576 Write 97.3 Mixed 160 405% 1,944 MB/s	4K Read 2,621 4K Write 4.97 4K Mixed 5 3,980% 877 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 1,278% Great: 242%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 671 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26452872333
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202917184 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20876851 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 670 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262149 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 589365281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59157 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 60129542177 (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 -103517301762501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17658220544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 96354664635	89% Excellent	Read 135 Write 174 Mixed 117 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.47 175% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%
H/W RAID 5 6TB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 160 Write 117 Mixed 75.9 139% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.09 9% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 80%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 25GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 91.5 Write 58 Mixed 64.1 86% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.49 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.35 64% 3.44 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 42%
Lexar QD-G32 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 23GB free, PID 087c Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 139 Write 27.2 Mixed 41.8 68% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 2.17 203% 6.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 28.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 118%

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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	3,882x
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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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