Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	41.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 18:46
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 56.5 1-Core 29 2-Core 64.9 33% 50.1 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 520 41% 364 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4501 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.62 6% 8.72 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15.7 8% 9.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A 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 95 95 8598008880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -51135880617214 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1018 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 283 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 49 1005025558560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 1005025558560 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8598008880 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8598008880 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8598008880 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11944 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27531 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27531 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7900	41.2% Average	Read 439 Write 81.8 Mixed 137 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 8.23 59% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 54.8 DQ Mixed 7.77 15% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 73%
WD WD30PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 178 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 172 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 143 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%
Toshib DT01ACA300 3TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 351GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387263918 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 410 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 240519348264 (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	97.7% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 162 Mixed 156 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%
WD WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 423GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1595 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 168851 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 37 (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	62.3% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 292GB free Firmware: MX6O Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 141 Mixed 136 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.21 110% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 107%
WD WD40EZRX-22SPEB0 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 194GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 8033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3175 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 84976 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 38 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 134 Write 157 Mixed 134 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 189GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 3769 (03) Spinup time 184 177 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 118133 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 34 (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 200 200 355 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.2% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 86.8 Mixed 73.2 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 9905625-029.A00G 9905625-029.A00G 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.2% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns

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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	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,382x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,323x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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