Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.2% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 20:18
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 745 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 126 Parallax 106 100% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7901630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109246788141245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 40 90196934682 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 90196934682 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7901630 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7901630 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7901630 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 51539607552 (E9) Unknown 0 0 463 (EA) Unknown 0 0 419 (F1) Unknown 0 0 419 (F2) Unknown 0 0 610 (F4) Unknown 100 100 983043	57.1% Above average	Read 423 Write 122 Mixed 172 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 17.8 92% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 34.9 50% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 1 2TB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: JJAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51579978343 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 67 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 197570068508 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.1% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 86.6 Mixed 91.5 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.39 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 82%
Generic External 640GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 443GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 40.3 Mixed 16.6 40% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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