Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	22.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 799 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 202 Parallax 176 145% 186 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 171 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 25GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11914 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 119 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13041650555	96.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 29 159% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 28.6 36% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6253 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 83 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18385401876	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 407 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 45.1 180% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 126 109% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 7GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9501 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 74 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4274432770	107% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 409 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.1 163% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 127 147% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 402GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 9800 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 5026 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 44 (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	96.1% Outstanding	Read 127 Write 207 Mixed 141 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 3.26 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.28 216% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 107%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 261GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 194 8958 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 151008 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 39 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 86.4 Mixed 96 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 155 155 17206280636 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4317 (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 6300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6794 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 188979871783 (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	53.2% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 90.4 Mixed 91.1 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 97%
WD My Book 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1TB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 44.1 Write 43.3 Mixed 43.3 56% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.2% 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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 118%

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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	3,882x
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