Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% 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	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 14:08
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 562 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.7 89% 108 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.7 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 17970 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1392 (B1) Unknown 100 100 289700 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 374 Mixed 417 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 39.3 150% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 84.3 114% 206 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 42GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 76 89518808 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 47 1623531660065 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1191 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6129 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 656408613 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45779 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 60129542181 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -120954868983939 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11799189341 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23249868884	82.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 154 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 9GB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31151280 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8540007 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 6552 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 572391456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1149 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 81604378656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 207459	104% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 189 Mixed 161 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 9GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167010520 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18389509 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1049 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 673185827 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69562 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 73014444067 (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 -130416681938325 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52044018559936 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -135651126592369	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 180 Mixed 146 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27176608 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 524592 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 572194846 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 623 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 85899345950 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.4% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 91 Mixed 93.1 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 113%
Adata Nobility N005 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$257 57 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 10GB free, PID 105b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Read 32.2 Write 12.5 Mixed 11.9 20% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.04 4% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 105%

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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	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16