Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.5% 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	96.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 503 58% 454 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 34 24% 31.8 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 34.8 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4813 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1434 (B1) Unknown 98 98 15 (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 35 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11076486047	96.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 349 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 27.3 144% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 82.2 117% 220 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 927GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 114 (03) Spinup time 120 120 34391261660 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2604 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3941 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3941 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210454446115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 111 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.54 130% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 813GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1012 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64510 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 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	75.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 137 Mixed 127 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $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