Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.5% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 18:32
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 386 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 54.9 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 63.6 45% 55.9 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 46.7 46% 57.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19595528 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 940 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 60 257699086358 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 322123464779 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1955 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5436 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4380 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2093 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 493 Write 237 Mixed 233 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 18.7 125% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 29.4 82% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC3H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13796072 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 36 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54470681 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 33 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 168 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 99 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 112 (BE) vendor-specific 77 40 21599895158807 (C2) HDA temperature 23 60 60129542167 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 16 13796072 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 137134010812515 (F1) Unknown 100 253 844856389 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3970808805	61.6% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.55 122% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 38.6 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 31.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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

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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	3,882x
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 $140Bench 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