Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% 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	291% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	44.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 601 80% 599 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 110 93% 114 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,839 Write 1,319 Mixed 1,486 413% 1,881 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 48.3 240% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 719 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 239 273% 473 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 254%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 93GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2878 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1277 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 69 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1835067 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 469 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3253	83.3% Excellent	Read 519 Write 339 Mixed 347 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 10.1 105% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 45.4 98% 203 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 691GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222714776 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26158823183 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7258 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 36 58721281179675 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 717 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 321025 (C2) HDA temperature 27 64 -140737488355301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 222714776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 48GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2720, 2720, 2720, 2720 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 31.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%

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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	3,900x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,386x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16