Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 21:59
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 748 81% 642 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 83% 105 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 99.3 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 261GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7358 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 72 72 27548 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9130720513	96% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 404 Mixed 427 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 32.2 127% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 124 135% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5385 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1480 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20921622501
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 542GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 219 7216 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5894 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6667 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 86.6 Write 82.4 Mixed 86.7 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.44 114% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 129GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4859 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8986 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6659 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27193 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5997 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1233 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339085858 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1447 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7329	68.6% Good	Read 110 Write 129 Mixed 81.8 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.41 105% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 83%

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

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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	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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 $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 $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