Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 510 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 52.1 Parallax 56 38% 51.4 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 37.1 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10583 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59245324 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 247 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 62 266289414184 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2293529313814 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1818 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3759 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3110 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2141 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 511 Write 363 Mixed 310 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 15.1 101% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 16.7 51% 102 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 98%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 737GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8149 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 34 (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	60.1% Good	Read 110 Write 99.7 Mixed 89.1 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 538GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 164610159 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2787369 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 706805794 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 81604378658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 164610159 (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 -90220083015904 (F1) Unknown 100 253 308715282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2815439741	55.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 86.9 Mixed 86.1 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 200GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 151 3391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2470 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 9 9 66598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2470 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (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	58.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.4 Mixed 104 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 32GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 51088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1361 (C2) HDA temperature 104 91 39 (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	50.2% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 84.9 Mixed 69 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.49 104% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

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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	3,890x
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	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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