Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 01:38
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 774 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 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% Sapphire(174B 2438) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2251 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 78.6 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69.6 64% 75.9 fps	Gravity 72.5 Splatting 70.7 63% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7653 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1979 (B1) Unknown 93 93 73 (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 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 245807 (EB) Unknown 99 99 353 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33564094795	65.1% Good	Read 260 Write 178 Mixed 182 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 25.8 122% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 21.3 54% 117 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 118%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 48GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -18090401339875 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 282 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 282 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 190149 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 190149 (F2) Unknown 100 100 295963 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9539	85.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 225 Mixed 312 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 22.3 137% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 79.9 110% 203 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 873GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897222846 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 220 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 141734969371 (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	97.7% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 145 Mixed 138 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 107%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 201GB free Firmware: SN11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 191224075 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96141707 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1202 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 504823837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3237 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 23 191224075 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.3% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 87.4 Mixed 83 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.48 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 75%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 170GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 66.1 113% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3203 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $300	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