Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 11:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 706 68% 563 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 99 93% 109 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 98.6 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17690519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -131580618073906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1015 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 105 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 46 1013615296543 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 1013615296543 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17690519 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17690519 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17690519 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17614 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10381 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10381 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16390	65.1% Good	Read 508 Write 197 Mixed 235 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 12.7 105% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 11.3 24% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 84%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 515 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196624 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454773796 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1333 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1058 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1070 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 16 (F6) Unknown 100 100 411776	90.6% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 470 Mixed 505 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 13.3 112% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 51.2 77% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 308GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112931136 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30598735 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11435 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100214471923347 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16082543486 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28658804495	84.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 135 Mixed 114 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.5 171% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 32.1 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16