Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 15:48
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 772 70% 591 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 116 93% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT23L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8153 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 480 (AA) Unknown 99 99 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 99 99 1 (AD) Unknown 84 84 128 (AE) Unknown 99 99 82 (B2) Unknown 99 99 1 (B4) Unknown 99 99 927 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 42 249109020702 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 84 84 14092860 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14472 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13822 (F9) Unknown 99 99 16384	94.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 477 Mixed 491 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 15.3 132% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 25.4 61% 124 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 187 177 5641 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7167 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130751 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 30 (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	74.3% Very good	Read 149 Write 110 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 838GB free Firmware: CC26 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 120 99 243692320 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 44 5944303174841 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 605224996 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76343 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 51539607588 (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 139053861181246 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44065561322 (F2) Unknown 100 253 556348872989	73.2% Very good	Read 147 Write 109 Mixed 124 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 32.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $134	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