Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	105% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 745 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 96% 114 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 103 Splatting 91 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 551 (A9) Unknown 100 100 904 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 389 (AE) Unknown 100 100 178 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 61 58 249109413927 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3168 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100852 (F1) Unknown 253 253 48087 (F2) Unknown 253 253 49717 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	105% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 460 Mixed 441 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 26.7 144% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 57.5 116% 234 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 85 97625862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 -85718957245544 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1725 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 92 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 97625862 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 97625862 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 97625862 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17519 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11704 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11704 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22836	49.9% Average	Read 181 Write 92.5 Mixed 119 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.8 112% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 31.8 46% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 157 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2830 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9174 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 48 (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	42.8% Average	Read 86.3 Write 62.6 Mixed 49 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 38GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 244111038 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7025 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 56 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 399815727133 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1827 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1442661 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 56 45 823394348 (C2) HDA temperature 44 55 77309411372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 14 244111038 (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 -95696166282804 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3689165001 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1359033967	53.3% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 95.5 Mixed 82.4 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.51 108% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	549x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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