Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 21:28
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 806 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 71 Parallax 62 59% 68.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 68 Splatting 70.8 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCB 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 541GB free (System drive) Firmware: RR04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (10) Unknown 0 200 8766262416 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 42 (C2) HDA temperature 107 101 40 (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	84.4% Excellent	Read 112 Write 181 Mixed 148 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 3.04 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.43 220% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 120%
WD WD1502FAEX-007BA 1.5TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 33GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 248 8533 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4158 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3812 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 360 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 46 (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 75515 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	88.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 136 Mixed 134 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.4 142% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3300622AS 300GB-$130 728 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 84 84584222 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 61 849430275 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5901 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 44 5018288171 (C2) HDA temperature 43 56 60129542187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 49 81319360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.1% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 61.2 Mixed 57.7 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.42 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.9 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 104%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,947x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,419x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	648x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	745x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	609x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359