Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	203% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 13:10
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 751 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.61 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 353GB free Firmware: M0CR011 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 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 58 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3953 (AB) Unknown 100 100 61 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 72 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 45 236224249888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 58 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 61 (F6) Unknown 100 100 59175064249 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1859510321 (F8) Unknown 100 100 464965307 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3533 (D2) Unknown 100 100 232	52.6% Above average	Read 404 Write 277 Mixed 290 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 12.3 59% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 62.9 DQ Mixed 43.7 33% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,453 Write 1,161 Mixed 1,439 370% 1,684 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 26.5 101% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 20 31% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 172 7450 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6417 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2801 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21468 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62% Good	Read 95.1 Write 121 Mixed 114 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 480GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 172 7533 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52975 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.8% Very good	Read 153 Write 125 Mixed 103 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 480GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 173 7466 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17939 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60041 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89% Excellent	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 141 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.2 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 314GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 166 155 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7774 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79494 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 119 Write 99.1 Mixed 93.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 206GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25547 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8702 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25419 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 121 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.36 132% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16