Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 21:50
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 597 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 69.5 65% 75.8 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 75 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 116GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 911 (B1) Unknown 97 97 29 (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 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 910 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9698959721	96.8% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 336 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 27.8 149% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 79.6 116% 219 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 118%
WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1798 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1058 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 65 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10622647671	127% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 474 Mixed 484 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57.1 210% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 142 156% 263 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 345GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1026 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1585 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 52 52 35437 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33554012481 (F2) Unknown 200 200 48956054804	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 245GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2523 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1921 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1147 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454446107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 305 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 20170	34% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 54.5 Mixed 49 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 37.2 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 103%

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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