Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 00:57
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 816 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7595 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 72.8 55% 72 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 59.1 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -1425929140916 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1966 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 49 55837786144 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 266769 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 266769 (F2) Unknown 100 100 288343 (F9) Unknown 100 100 36920	59.1% Above average	Read 469 Write 242 Mixed 282 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 10.4 66% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 14.1 46% 100 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 842GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 671 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 25 (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
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 132GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 150 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13342 (C2) HDA temperature 115 86 28 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	52.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 79.5 Mixed 87.8 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.33 95% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 750GB 400 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 376GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 80%

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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 $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) $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