Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.2% 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	65.7% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 15:13
Run Duration	457 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 399 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 101 Parallax 88.9 81% 96.4 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 94.4 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15478 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2504 (B1) Unknown 91 91 297 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 223 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47717254293	65.7% Good	Read 471 Write 235 Mixed 268 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 18.8 83% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 35.1 61% 126 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 165896362 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 38257247 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 58793807316535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (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 74 70 488177690 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1515 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 -77283641522637 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3592302894 (F2) Unknown 100 253 857579912	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 116 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 96%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5969 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5969 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 34 (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	42.9% Average	Read 66.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 90.8 61% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.52 116% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 104GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185467784 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71893668 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2402 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1019 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 505085979 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 93974 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 129 Write 88.5 Mixed 130 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 22GB free Firmware: CC25 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 118 99 196649336 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10755277 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 852 (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 68 59 606011424 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11280 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 30064771104 (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 -48451526063817 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18545951250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48685070058	54.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 91.4 Mixed 89.1 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 113%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 931GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 41.3 Mixed 21.7 43% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 23%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 64GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 40.1 Write 36.8 Mixed 29.1 44% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 49%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	9.34% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 9.6 Mixed 12.8 17% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.11 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 1.49 101% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.34% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.4% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 80%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $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