Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	161% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 08:40
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 213 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 476 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 87% 107 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 90 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 2,113 Write 177 Mixed 299 183% 863 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 32.6 150% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 515 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 179 216% 379 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 195%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 121GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4693337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 80771154969181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 50 38657982500 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 38657982500 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4693337 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4693337 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4693337 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 588 (EA) Unknown 0 0 696 (F1) Unknown 0 0 696 (F2) Unknown 0 0 582 (F4) Unknown 100 100 524290	75.1% Very good	Read 510 Write 195 Mixed 242 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.4 120% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 54.5 76% 136 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 177GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 126 120 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1756 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 697650 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 39 (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	40.9% Average	Read 74.3 Write 68.5 Mixed 70.9 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.08 25% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 59%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 62GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 143 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9266 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 40923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2763 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 440507 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (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	45.1% Average	Read 90.4 Write 66.4 Mixed 77.5 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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