Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.1% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 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	Jun 09 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 482 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB; 1080ti gtx CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 205 Parallax 193 148% 193 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 177 Splatting 131 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6842 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1599 (B1) Unknown 82 82 215 (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 67 43 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1009 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21827300125	83.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 347 Mixed 357 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 22.5 136% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 44.9 40% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 118%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979544095 (F1) Unknown 100 100 247131	73.1% Very good	Read 515 Write 342 Mixed 356 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 9.36 93% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 9.31 41% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 169GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117210777 (03) Spinup time 95 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6993 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 77872788526 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4832 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 81605689807 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 38 129387921439 (C2) HDA temperature 31 62 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 25 117210777 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10	51% Above average	Read 86.6 Write 91.1 Mixed 73.8 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 57GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 194 185 5266 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8242 (05) Reallocated sector count 194 194 46 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 51085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2822 (BE) vendor-specific 59 42 41 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 158 158 42 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 130 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 197 128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 196 196 137	29.6% Poor	Read 49.6 Write 53.2 Mixed 47.9 38% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2080 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 44%

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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