Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	26.7% 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	86.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 12:05
Run Duration	539 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 712 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.22 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 36.3 26% 32.8 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 32.9 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN81Q92CSE 2TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 174GB free Firmware: 8EET6101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 110427 (AE) Unknown 200 200 144542 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C2) HDA temperature 59 51 210454380585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63897 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103074 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6229	97.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 480 Mixed 436 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 41.3 147% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 22.9 29% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 133GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3401 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 270 (94) Unknown 100 100 15312 (95) Unknown 100 100 247 (96) Unknown 100 100 77 (97) Unknown 100 100 207 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6427 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 55186876858408 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25747 (F2) Unknown 100 100 522373 (F5) Unknown 100 100 37959 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30624 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 493 Write 252 Mixed 270 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 23.6 105% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 46.7 49% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 91%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 133GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 302 (94) Unknown 100 100 19956 (95) Unknown 100 100 329 (96) Unknown 100 100 158 (97) Unknown 100 100 281 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10745 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 55186826461223 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33483 (F2) Unknown 100 100 913777 (F5) Unknown 100 100 63462 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39912 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 493 Write 254 Mixed 269 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 23.6 104% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 45.8 44% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 91%
Toshiba THNSN81Q 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 51GB free Firmware: 6101 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	98.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 445 Mixed 447 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 38.7 137% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 111 107% 170 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 99%
Kingston SHSS37A 960GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 29GB free Firmware: 00.Y Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 529 Write 37.8 Mixed 421 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 12.2 80% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 13.7 60% 136 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 92%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 27GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1659 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 917508 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 60 41 253404184616 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4819 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4618 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14329 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1280064	84.8% Excellent	Read 525 Write 498 Mixed 503 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 12.6 107% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 97.1 DQ Mixed 13.1 25% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 26GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 526 Write 345 Mixed 384 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 24.1 126% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 41% 111 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Crucial_CT1024MX 1TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free Firmware: MU02 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 517 Write 285 Mixed 301 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 16.4 106% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 18.8 24% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 96%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 22GB free Firmware: 7C Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 440 Mixed 442 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 35.7 131% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 71.5 61% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 105%
Kingston SHSS37A 960GB 20GB free Firmware: 00.r Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.8% Excellent	Read 534 Write 386 Mixed 206 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 15.8 111% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 14.3 67% 153 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 19GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 362 Mixed 394 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 32.5 138% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 112 106% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9419 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2148 (B1) Unknown 99 99 40 (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 58 31 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51604482339	86.4% Excellent	Read 523 Write 379 Mixed 356 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 24 134% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 24.4 31% 53 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 10GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9099 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1620 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 53 29 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9181050828	92.6% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 414 Mixed 421 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 26.1 138% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 136 104% 134 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

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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	3,916x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,398x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	640x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	741x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16