Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	92.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '16 at 00:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 260 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 676 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 103 Parallax 100 82% 101 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 78.9 69% 84.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 199GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5565 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 240519020577 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4557638246 (F7) Unknown 100 100 142439616 (F8) Unknown 100 100 53666942	91.1% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 395 Mixed 377 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 26.4 128% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 38.9 74% 143 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q 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 97 97 14512 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 705 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49235679202	92.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 347 Mixed 353 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 23.3 135% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 69.2 109% 211 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 126%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5570 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979413025 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2206836400 (F7) Unknown 100 100 68983813 (F8) Unknown 100 100 30089329	91.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 395 Mixed 397 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 27.2 130% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 34.2 70% 138 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 112%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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