Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	157% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 795 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB; GTX 1080-Ti Aourus CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 196 Parallax 192 140% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 172 Splatting 127 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 569 Mixed 818 203% 924 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 38.4 170% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 24.5 109% 238 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 157%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6145 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 10 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2490433 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 201863856161 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2825 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2053 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2142 (F4) Unknown 100 100 38 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65 (F6) Unknown 100 100 227328	61.6% Good	Read 458 Write 186 Mixed 293 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 4.6 87% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 5.41 54% 123 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 85%
Adata SU700 120GB 3,283 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 56GB free Firmware: B170206b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1377 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 8593408027 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 62 171800789030 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4161825152 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1399415816192 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3787476088 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6357856935	82.3% Excellent	Read 528 Write 342 Mixed 421 95% 430 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 9.55 114% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 12.7 62% 133 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 837GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555417633 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11331 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (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	92.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 155 Mixed 154 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.31 117% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%

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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	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,396x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
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