Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	68.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 728 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 86% 107 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 161GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3439083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -127277060825473 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 22 22 78 (BD) vendor-specific 27 34 68721704987 (C2) HDA temperature 27 34 68721704987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3439083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3439083 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3439083 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 358 (EA) Unknown 0 0 274 (F1) Unknown 0 0 274 (F2) Unknown 0 0 500	65.7% Good	Read 236 Write 217 Mixed 237 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 23.2 118% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 82.3 88% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 100 100 796 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (64) Unknown 100 100 655520 (65) Unknown 100 100 148864 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 193 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1319 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 154620264475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 624 (F1) Unknown 100 100 966 (F2) Unknown 100 100 349 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 472 Write 252 Mixed 262 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 11.4 84% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 29.9 76% 165 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 179 5533 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1298 (C2) HDA temperature 121 119 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 143 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117502048 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119927917 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 505 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 9145417758 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 309895 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 -140737488355298 (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 52759378273777 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56896218339635 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74609861692409	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 146 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 113%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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