Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	112% 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	259% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '17 at 20:45
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 155 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 610 82% 609 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2657 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 162 Parallax 155 120% 155 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 144 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 405GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13777821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38053410242852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 68721967131 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 68721967131 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13777821 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13777821 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13777821 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294961627 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1863 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1863 (F2) Unknown 0 0 644 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5111839	59% Above average	Read 498 Write 227 Mixed 244 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 15.9 62% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 48.9 62% 113 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 65%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,194 Write 1,271 Mixed 1,354 354% 1,606 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 53 228% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 642 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 252 273% 460 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 9384 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10887847 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 107945918498 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60915 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43881680860809 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6339128801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7620520052	82.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 137 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 796GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162202064 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 60274752469 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538181664 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64671 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60129542176 (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 79151952308224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27411302261 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24996091458	86.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 142 Mixed 130 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 27.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 94%

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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	3,902x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,389x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	601x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	380x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16