Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 22:22
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 792 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67.8 62% 73.9 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 73.3 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4389 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 594 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15592303600	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 400 Mixed 415 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 49.2 172% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 124 136% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 463 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 190 Mixed 174 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.44 146% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 145 145 30089085291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15361 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569282081 (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	64% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.6 160% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 111%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 297GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 155 3116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2656 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3010 (C2) HDA temperature 108 86 35 (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	60% Above average	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 101 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 297GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 146408459 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 774262788 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1955 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 87 56 155232309 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 102 16023 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 75 Mixed 75.6 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

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

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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