Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 820 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 125 Parallax 117 101% 122 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 378 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524315 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2757	76.4% Very good	Read 521 Write 346 Mixed 363 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 10.3 106% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 6.15 DQ Mixed 7.72 30% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 66GB free Firmware: 19.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3783 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10000 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 27 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 2997 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8744159400 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7694446180	58.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 94.7 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 69%
ST3000DM001-1ER1 3TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 185 Write 197 Mixed 102 201% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 2x16GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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