Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	110% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	12.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 02:08
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 742 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.7 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 17.4 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5841 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 341 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9525720597	110% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 419 Mixed 418 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.1 184% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 27.2 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 80GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 61400852492344 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15540 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40605 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40605 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12794	49.8% Average	Read 194 Write 105 Mixed 137 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.6 105% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 10.9 37% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 673GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 167 2566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 723 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 28 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 175 Write 88.8 Mixed 105 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 578GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 169 168 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2677 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 159 Mixed 156 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.34 122% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 229GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 173 8250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 492 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 243043 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 31 (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	44.4% Average	Read 79.7 Write 74.9 Mixed 77.3 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 210GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 96 (03) Spinup time 178 176 8058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27321 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 32 (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	44.6% Average	Read 76.9 Write 78.1 Mixed 77.6 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 136GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132836128 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 47 6386689778236 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 21018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (B7) Unknown 16 16 84 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885164112 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 4832952350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 176538 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 318 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31340376369492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -113776783070434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31283686345249	65.4% Good	Read 123 Write 104 Mixed 106 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1175 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19396 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 28 (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	46.8% Average	Read 88.6 Write 74 Mixed 68.8 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 29.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 105%

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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	3,880x
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