Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% 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	91.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 698 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 82.4 57% 72 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 80 56% 66.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2527 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 27 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 54 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8155021650	91.4% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 396 Mixed 409 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 27.8 149% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 88 62% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8219 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 102 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11336530330	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 408 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 28 152% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 28.1 96% 213 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5806 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3750035761	98% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 409 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 28 156% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 28.4 60% 114 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 133%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 9800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 613 (C2) HDA temperature 101 99 51 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 109 Write 176 Mixed 101 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 6.05 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.29 336% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 148 148 34388902334 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (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 100 100 2595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1082 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1082 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 180389937193 (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 200 200 1	47.2% Average	Read 82.2 Write 81.8 Mixed 83.2 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 97%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 194 8966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 531 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 141598 (C2) HDA temperature 109 104 43 (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	59.3% Above average	Read 120 Write 87.1 Mixed 84.3 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 97%
WD My Book 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 39.3 Mixed 37.9 51% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.08 12% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 118%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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