Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 22:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 581 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2055 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 72.7 70% 80.7 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 78 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 259GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5767234 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 814 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 61 261994315807 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77309411346 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 910 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1359 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1226 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1027 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 495 Write 339 Mixed 337 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 12.3 106% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 83.2 DQ Mixed 42.7 37% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 107%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 1,079 Mixed 1,479 373% 1,698 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 35.9 168% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 33.4 163% 369 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 292%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050D 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31801232 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 72251 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 72 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 85899345946 (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 -30760555773948 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24153586 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17567696	97.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 97%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050D 500GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 105GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 2178 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13651 (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 25 25 30212 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2798 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5743 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 30981 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108889626 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 56 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1487 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 269 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46.1% Average	Read 82.4 Write 78.1 Mixed 73.7 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2533, 2533 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 29.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 93%

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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	3,893x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	638x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,322x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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