Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	208% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 663 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 207 Parallax 171 146% 186 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,559 Write 987 Mixed 1,262 282% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 30.6 217% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 477 DQ Mixed 214 241% 410 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 230%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 183GB free Firmware: X41310RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5908 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7929947 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 581 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 333 (C2) HDA temperature 69 68 292058693663 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111671902250 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1454 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1879 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1771 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4543 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 351 Mixed 337 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 21.4 133% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 40.7 56% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 75GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23988 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2976 (B1) Unknown 90 90 347 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 203 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58510102665	84.8% Excellent	Read 508 Write 377 Mixed 438 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 23.4 109% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 75.2 87% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 86%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10590 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 948 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 188 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979216421 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 938 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 543 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 168 Mixed 154 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 2.76 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.27 185% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 420GB free Firmware: MX6OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 76 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34386805149 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2337 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11713 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11713 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684445729 (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 200 200 0	62.8% Good	Read 116 Write 103 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 99%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $295	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