Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54% 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	89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 22:30
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 801 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.8.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 84.9 56% 74.3 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 66 Splatting 55 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7833 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3326 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (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 59 44 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 997 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31717547468	89.7% Excellent	Read 512 Write 353 Mixed 350 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 28.5 151% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 23.1 31% 54 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 118%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 67GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -118472376991029 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2860 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2696 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 350682 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 350682 (F2) Unknown 100 100 438412 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9861	72% Very good	Read 473 Write 141 Mixed 200 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 12.2 129% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 11.6 56% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 314GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1408 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3278 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 35 (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	93.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 146 Mixed 133 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.31 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%
ADATA HV620 1TB 1,743 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 499GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 40.2 Mixed 41.5 53% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.16 48% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 28.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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