Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	48.4% 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	148% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 19:56
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.9% Below average	Memory 56.7 1-Core 28.1 2-Core 66 33% 50.3 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 235 21% 176 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 38.9% 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 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 103 32% 67.7 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 97.9 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,618 Write 830 Mixed 1,068 258% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 27.5 85% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 48.4 58% 103 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 243%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 133GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10289278 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 457 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 65 279173333025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 154622558265 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1980 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2602 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2442 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2912 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.6% Good	Read 484 Write 338 Mixed 330 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 12.3 55% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 40.6 51% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 247GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 171 1250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2144 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1023 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213665 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (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	51.1% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 85.5 Mixed 77.9 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 102%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,374x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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