Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 752 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 94% 112 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.3 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 551 (A9) Unknown 100 100 904 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 389 (AE) Unknown 100 100 178 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 63 58 249109413925 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3168 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100844 (F1) Unknown 253 253 48081 (F2) Unknown 253 253 49712 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 483 Mixed 458 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27.2 149% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 60 114% 228 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 86399569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 76845554908049 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1725 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 92 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 86399569 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 86399569 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 86399569 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17517 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11703 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11703 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22830	53.5% Above average	Read 205 Write 98.7 Mixed 127 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 15.4 118% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 30.7 49% 93.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 61%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 157 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2830 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9174 (C2) HDA temperature 106 92 44 (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	44.3% Average	Read 86.8 Write 67.2 Mixed 47.8 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 38GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242649832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7025 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 56 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 399815724652 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1827 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1442661 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 823394343 (C2) HDA temperature 39 55 77309411367 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 14 242649832 (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 81960860948936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3687010521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1558185869	53.4% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 96.3 Mixed 79.1 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.47 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

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

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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 $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