Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	53.2% 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	221% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '16 at 16:58
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 798 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 64.3 53% 67.9 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 57.9 54% 67.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,854 Write 899 Mixed 1,092 282% 1,282 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 49.2 217% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 887 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 201 255% 470 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1693 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 163 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3346624201	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 402 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 102 139% 256 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Asmt 2115 250GB 750 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 31GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 429 Write 424 Mixed 435 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 22.8 86% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 70.6 76% 125 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 316GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97422793 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 386246438 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 572456993 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 42 97422793 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.1% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.1 Mixed 74 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.51 108% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 108GB free Firmware: 3.ACF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 94 232692918 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 446240201 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 656605221 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 64 74759938 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.3% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 66.7 Mixed 63.4 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 42%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 274GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 35 Mixed 8.81 32% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 47% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 17%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 40GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 99.5 Write 102 Mixed 80.2 120% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 32.7 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 80%

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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 $94Bench 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