Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	22 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 06:17
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 823 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A6) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7576 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 67.4 62% 74.1 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.8 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 73GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th 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 100 100 758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (64) Unknown 100 100 653024 (65) Unknown 100 100 155568 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 148 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 392 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 608 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 167505166366 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1073 (EA) Unknown 100 100 732 (F1) Unknown 100 100 897 (F2) Unknown 100 100 360 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	50.5% Above average	Read 468 Write 180 Mixed 199 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 7.58 63% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 20.8 30% 53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2417 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 229 (A9) Unknown 100 100 133 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 133 (AE) Unknown 100 100 258 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 180389675040 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1067 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17424 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9434 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10328 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	60.8% Good	Read 445 Write 243 Mixed 282 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 18.7 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 13.2 18% 32 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 594GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 185 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6249 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3985 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164374 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 87.7 Mixed 78.5 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2781, 2781, 2781, 2781 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 30.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 93%

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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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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