Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.4% 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	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 10:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 426 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 63 47% 61 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 50.8 43% 52.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 38743925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -77060303224814 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 50 38657982496 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 38657982496 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38743925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38743925 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38743925 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963453 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43 (F2) Unknown 0 0 66 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4390956	62.7% Good	Read 481 Write 188 Mixed 265 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 14.1 86% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 52.9 69% 121 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 822GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1720744 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50456339 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2437 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24716 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 34359738402 (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 139440408235909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26020557705 (F2) Unknown 100 253 207173901353	72.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 115 Mixed 119 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 96%
Toshiba MK3256GSY 320GB-$90 1,632 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 229GB free Firmware: LH013C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2142 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 10967 (0A) Spinup retry count 190 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3712 (B7) Unknown 100 100 60 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 515 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15401195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 107713 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.8% Average	Read 79.5 Write 80 Mixed 74.1 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

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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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16