Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.9% 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	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 561 74% 558 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2128 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 1.63 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 1.06 1% 1.54 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 64.6 53% 64.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 15406 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 267 (AE) Unknown 100 100 206 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 197567840282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14384259769 (F7) Unknown 100 100 429922973 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1663741236	57.2% Above average	Read 487 Write 135 Mixed 211 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 20.6 79% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 41.4 53% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 77%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 647GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 138 138 38679151047 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1108 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14035 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14035 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180389806111 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 93.5 Mixed 95.3 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 336GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 7734261 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 109 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 74 22627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 327 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454164507 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 34 7734261 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 90 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 90 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 101 Mixed 86.8 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 12GB 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns

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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 $40Bench 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 $178	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