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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	249% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 03:17
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 718 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 91GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 952 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 44 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23749 (A5) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 66 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 175905 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 180059 (F2) Unknown 100 100 938476 (F5) Unknown 100 100 379984	106% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 433 Mixed 422 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36.1 155% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 66.3 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,244 Write 1,209 Mixed 1,139 336% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 44.1 217% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 28.3 139% 317 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 235GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190227896 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 41 41 3139630055588 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 689766438 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8091 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 64424509478 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 84108344562903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13753282824 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59065952194	77.5% Very good	Read 113 Write 156 Mixed 124 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.81 205% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%

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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	2,379x
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	810x
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 $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 $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