Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '16 at 13:20
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 578 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 93% 113 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.7 79% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 105 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 842352817	122% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 417 Mixed 424 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 50 201% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 108 140% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD WD20EZRX-22D8PB0 2TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 308 (C2) HDA temperature 127 116 20 (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	87.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 156 Mixed 143 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%
WD WD20EURS-73TLHY0 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 473GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 724 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 24 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 136 Mixed 123 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%
WD WD5000AAKS-75A7B 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 466GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1299 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 89 89 8237 (F1) Unknown 200 200 24353254284 (F2) Unknown 200 200 26688896147	32% Below average	Read 27 Write 84 Mixed 84.9 50% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 53%
WD WD6400AAKS-00A7B 640GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 408GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 156 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 857 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1586 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 31 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 117 Write 93.4 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.36 107% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 37.3 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 32.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,945x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,417x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,343x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	822x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	744x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	235x

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 $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369