Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	96.9% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 00:12
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 435 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 177 Parallax 177 122% 168 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 166 Splatting 119 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 226344412	96.9% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 394 Mixed 407 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 35.9 152% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.9 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 117 100% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 134%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 140 9358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 5 (C2) HDA temperature 111 110 41 (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	95.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 153 Mixed 143 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.39 128% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 186 3658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 5 (C2) HDA temperature 112 110 35 (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	69.1% Good	Read 116 Write 125 Mixed 123 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.37 122% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.7 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $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) $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