Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	58.9% 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	296% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 06:17
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 841 89% 714 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 66.3 59% 71.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 71.5 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,720 Write 1,908 Mixed 1,841 478% 2,157 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 39.8 222% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53.9 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 39.8 54% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 353%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 102 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 28 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 197 Mixed 183 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.22 4K Mixed 0.53 159% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 619GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1155 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2923 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3090 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 27080 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 95.7 Mixed 86.5 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 522GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1200 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5534 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 818 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10929 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 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 170177 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 95.9 Mixed 78.6 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 158 155 7083 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10808 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5749 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10808 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2258618 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.4% Average	Read 76.2 Write 74.6 Mixed 77.3 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 373GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8090 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 22438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3760 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 1 1 299 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 445 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 59 319815699 (C2) HDA temperature 76 57 403701784 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 193751 (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 8061 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	62.8% Good	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 120 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.33 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%

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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 $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