Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% 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	21.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 00:28
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 518 73% 536 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 91.7 80% 97 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 98 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40208 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 251 (B1) Unknown 76 76 282 (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 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39516400027	21.4% Poor	Read 108 Write 75.2 Mixed 91.2 20% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 6.62 38% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 18.4 17% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 23GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 39276 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 243 (B1) Unknown 94 94 72 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 58 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 58 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37035698934	21.9% Poor	Read 102 Write 69.6 Mixed 74 18% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 9.01 38% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.8 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 7.17 16% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 19GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 39471 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 241 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16175148734	22.3% Poor	Read 98.7 Write 73.7 Mixed 83.4 19% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 7.89 40% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 52.2 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 20.7 23% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 394GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52112120 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 211782868 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 589833 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 588644383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36052 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 85899345951 (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 -139766825724354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 99392034999 (F2) Unknown 100 253 292520494979	45.2% Average	Read 93.6 Write 63.5 Mixed 74 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 30.5 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 31 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $46

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