Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.8% 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	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 653 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.8% Average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 43.2 39% 48.4 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 61 48% 58.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 37GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 87207231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -140703128603857 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3249 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 51 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 16 16 84 (BD) vendor-specific 33 47 42952753185 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 42952753185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 87207231 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 87207231 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 87207231 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25978 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24659 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24659 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6244	75.9% Very good	Read 465 Write 259 Mixed 288 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 23 124% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 13.6 38% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 85%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 9GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 135952894808839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405596 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405596 (F2) Unknown 100 100 233516 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12612	76.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 216 Mixed 241 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 13.9 115% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 63.5 96% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 92%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30502 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1119 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 78 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1136847 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 23554486 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2354753826 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1136847 (F2) Unknown 100 100 744012	39.7% Below average	Read 256 Write 88.9 Mixed 129 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 13.5 70% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 13.6 26% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 96%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $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