Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63.5% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '16 at 08:05
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 463 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9634887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -133118216368751 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 40 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 35 90196607006 (C2) HDA temperature 30 35 90196607006 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9634887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9634887 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9634887 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 94489280513 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5030 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1820 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1820 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1752 (F4) Unknown 99 99 2490398	63.5% Good	Read 435 Write 122 Mixed 161 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 19 114% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 34.8 50% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 73%
Lacie 2Big Quadra v3 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 051E Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 158 Mixed 123 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 108%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 205GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 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 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 229 227 3541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1647 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 35 (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 200 180 0	81% Excellent	Read 146 Write 136 Mixed 126 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.57 144% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 103GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 747 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1270 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 35 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.8% Average	Read 74.2 Write 95.6 Mixed 85.8 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.49 119% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 91%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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