Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 774 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.5 92% 108 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 100 100 188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9595 (A5) Unknown 100 100 53 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (94) Unknown 100 100 5701 (95) Unknown 100 100 211 (96) Unknown 100 100 18 (97) Unknown 100 100 183 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40459 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33555 (F5) Unknown 100 100 153520	59.6% Above average	Read 513 Write 79.9 Mixed 276 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 11.9 86% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 11.5 65% 149 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 148 148 34381431229 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 141735034908 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 162 Mixed 154 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 74GB free Firmware: 3.ADH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 92 143944693 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 349313124 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1507 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437387290 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 12884901914 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 46 219819918 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.2% Average	Read 68.3 Write 71.6 Mixed 65.9 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 41%
Verbatim TUFF N TINY 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 3623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 13.7 Mixed 16.2 20% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.58 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.32 33% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 7%
General UDisk 1GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 5.74 Mixed 8.45 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.99 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.12 30% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3021 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 109%

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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	2,379x
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 $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 $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 $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