Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 237 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 535 60% 472 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.1 82% 99.7 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 74 68% 83.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTD128HAGM-000L1 128GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT24L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3773 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4647 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 118 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3120 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 44 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 3345137 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 624 (EC) Unknown 99 99 77 (ED) Unknown 99 99 118 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 490 Write 126 Mixed 192 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 9.93 106% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 27.4 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 91 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 98 (03) Spinup time 137 100 17199005957 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 98 98 196607 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 5115323 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 556007458 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2439 (C2) HDA temperature 176 133 193273921570 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 126 Write 91.1 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.42 105% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 4,554 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 97%

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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

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