Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.7% 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	104% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '16 at 19:34
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 590 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84DD) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 21.7 19% 21.1 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 24.4 Splatting 18.3 18% 23.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^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 100 100 918 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 396 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589847 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167505362976 (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 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2023 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1404 (F2) Unknown 100 100 852 (F4) Unknown 100 100 9 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23 (F6) Unknown 100 100 667648	104% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 512 Mixed 512 116% 518 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 13.7 138% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 14.1 85% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 315GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21493842205 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4606 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6415 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979347489 (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	39.1% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 69.3 Mixed 66.4 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G4D26AFTA.8FADG 2x4GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 27.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 26.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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