Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 22:33
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 364 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8747573259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 96172907708460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1405 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 214 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 42 1013615034398 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 1013615034398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 117 8747573259 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 117 117 8747573259 (CC) Soft ECC correction 117 117 8747573259 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26437 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12048 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12048 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14459 (F4) Unknown 94 94 196739262	51.1% Above average	Read 413 Write 107 Mixed 154 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 10.9 87% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 9.97 26% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183783352 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9628230 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 57 672792615 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28448 (C2) HDA temperature 39 43 81604378663 (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 -1498943584795 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5259393607 (F2) Unknown 100 253 79918889666	100% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 172 Mixed 176 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
WL1000GSA6472 1TB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 130 128 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1985 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 125 125 226767 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 36 (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	62.1% Good	Read 134 Write 82.7 Mixed 116 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.14 70% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 96.5 41% 96.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 95%

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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	3,889x
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	1,318x
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	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 $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 $179	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