Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 19:46
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 503 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 47.1 Parallax 42.7 40% 46.4 fps	MRender 41.4 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.2 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6738505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 52776558143010 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1906 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 413 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 45 77312360480 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 77312360480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6738505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6738505 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6738505 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20603 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11006 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11006 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14871 (F4) Unknown 98 98 8781913	62.4% Good	Read 501 Write 156 Mixed 238 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 14.4 91% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 52.4 65% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 85%
WD WD60EZRX-00MVLB1 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 200 8358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28513 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 26 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 104 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.29 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,947x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,418x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	745x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	608x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

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