Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 18:05
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 735 82% 643 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 447GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 566 (94) Unknown 100 100 1229 (95) Unknown 100 100 23 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1694 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33110391062550 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3149 (F5) Unknown 100 100 20010 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4916 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 491 Write 248 Mixed 264 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 23.6 109% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 45.3 81% 161 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 16435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1640 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 117 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8358050792691 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 494 Write 191 Mixed 278 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 10.5 104% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 69.2 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 5.03 25% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218814360 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 920 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33582130 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75820 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 47244640286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46200963205901 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19497168935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20500144442	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 178 Mixed 157 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 177GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130742380 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153259803 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2041 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 626 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 521732127 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 28 130742380 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -62496069101139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1457076743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1632962453	59.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 97.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.56 111% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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