Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 671 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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: 390.65 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 79.1 76% 89.2 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 84.4 68% 83.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 68GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20777 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 855 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (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 42 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 191 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24940160092	60.2% Good	Read 317 Write 191 Mixed 206 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 21.3 98% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 59.8 68% 117 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 201864445983 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37632851633 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1182883783 (F8) Unknown 100 100 788755572 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3547 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	35.4% Below average	Read 281 Write 170 Mixed 175 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 4.18 38% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.4 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 3.81 20% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 104%
WD WD10EADS-22M2B0 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 135 9616 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1081 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (10) Unknown 8 192 153528350028 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 969 (C2) HDA temperature 106 86 46 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 79.2 Mixed 89.6 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.26 116% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 41GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 100 7433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 201862 (C2) HDA temperature 106 86 41 (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	30% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 50.4 Mixed 49.6 39% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 57%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 450 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 0059 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 8.09 Mixed 10.9 15% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 23% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 30.4 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 113%

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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	3,910x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,394x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16