Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	23.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 528 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.2% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 29.3 22% 26.5 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 26.7 26% 32.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Inte SSDSA2M080G2GC 80GB 4GB free Firmware: 2CV102G9 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7511 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2751 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 106586 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3344645150 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 30976440482862 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2277977916 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	28.9% Poor	Read 258 Write 78 Mixed 118 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 8.22 48% 11.6 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 2500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1193 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1047 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 935 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (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	78.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 129 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%
WD WD10EARX-00N0YB0 1TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 27GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 103 99 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1789 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 214054 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 28 (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	47.4% Average	Read 77.2 Write 88 Mixed 70.3 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%

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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	3,882x
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 $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