Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% 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	84.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 01:21
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 784 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.6 83% 103 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 99.3 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2078 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 66 146029674522 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7698504805 (F7) Unknown 100 100 242548521 (F8) Unknown 100 100 164575987 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1248 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 484 Write 339 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 24.9 115% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 40.5 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 596GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225547520 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 291147441 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 53 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 771 (C2) HDA temperature 23 47 47244640279 (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 23437636542144 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30624292816 (F2) Unknown 100 253 306664943251	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 170 Mixed 139 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.61 192% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 89%

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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	3,879x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

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	735x

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	548x
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 $275	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