Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	263% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 617 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 114% 134 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 130 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,724 Write 1,646 Mixed 1,731 380% 1,700 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 65.7 238% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 515 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 206 220% 368 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 353%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 109GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14156985 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -88149908736424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 191 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14156985 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14156985 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14156985 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32086 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29898 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29898 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17225	58% Above average	Read 195 Write 172 Mixed 142 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 16.3 111% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 47.6 70% 132 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 169 Mixed 151 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 97%
HPT DISK 0_0 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 688GB free Firmware: 4.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 168 Mixed 95.7 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 3.82 4K Mixed 0.67 175% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 637GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53997000 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66930376 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 504627228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45452 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 68719476764 (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 50599009738168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21390464180 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93630154582	72.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 133 Mixed 115 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 482GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4454 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192299 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 30 (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	42.2% Average	Read 75.2 Write 71.8 Mixed 67.6 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 339GB free Firmware: 0002LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173462096 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4304040772 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 571867165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32249 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.6% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 86.3 Mixed 85.4 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 149GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 188 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3009 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 800091 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 28 (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	35.7% Below average	Read 71 Write 53.2 Mixed 58 46% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.5 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 29 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 119%

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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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	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 $274	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 $184	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