Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.9% 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	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '16 at 01:40
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 662 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.9% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 54.1 Parallax 51.4 35% 49.5 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 51.1 Splatting 47.6 43% 53.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 62039489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -33509334835185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 124 (B1) Unknown 0 0 21 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 62039489 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 62039489 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 62039489 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 -111703509434268 (E7) Temperature 69 69 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39299 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34975 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34975 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24196	28.4% Poor	Read 196 Write 96 Mixed 106 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 22.3 4K Mixed 5.76 43% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 93.4 DQ Mixed 5.89 19% 38 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 397GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20834064 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38828993 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1347 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 22164996137 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99633 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 -140737488355287 (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 -103470057124023 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20102630440 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30139366585	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 177 Mixed 170 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44106468 (03) Spinup time 99 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 822535699 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3026 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 857 (BE) vendor-specific 53 48 791085103 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 60129542191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 29 44106468 (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 136738873837640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1346908996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4101095857	42.1% Average	Read 108 Write 38.4 Mixed 28 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 81%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
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	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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