Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 09:30
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 656 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 65.2 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 73.4 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 34 283469283365 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 224536754 (F7) Unknown 100 100 7024784 (F8) Unknown 100 100 249349 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1924 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 476 Write 332 Mixed 331 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 22.4 91% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 45.8 67% 126 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 7GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5435 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2046 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (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 44 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 918 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17686177756	75.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 327 Mixed 326 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 19.2 98% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 64.9 77% 135 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 108%
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB-$183 4,107 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 80GB free Firmware: CT100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5760 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11864 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16696 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5864 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 616267 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 98 98 302 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 32 (C2) HDA temperature 142 82 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 616267 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2	30.7% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 52.1 Mixed 56.3 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 57GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 124 124 21495611693 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3565 (C0) Power-off retract count 77 77 28401 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 28401 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 236223397922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.1% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 61.7 Mixed 63.3 47% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 44GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7488 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1231 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4017 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1103 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 97 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 952578 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	26% Poor	Read 43.6 Write 46.6 Mixed 41.3 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 163 Mixed 182 238% 196 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 4.5 560% 8.51 MB/s	DQ Read 10.4 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 4.5 557% 8.54 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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