Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	57.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 04:07
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 714 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 158 Reflection 160 Parallax 137 129% 152 fps	Gravity 150 Splatting 115 115% 132 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1534 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (64) Unknown 100 100 2409072 (65) Unknown 100 100 1023344 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1420 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 547 (B7) Unknown 93 93 47 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 150325166114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1301 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1301 (E7) Temperature 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4312 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1955 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3358 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2934 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1301	57.5% Above average	Read 481 Write 183 Mixed 225 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 10.8 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 10.5 18% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 637GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175711616 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 39032766740 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1681 (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 67 48 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7954 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 73014444065 (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 -108422154410681 (F1) Unknown 100 253 136940586769236 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -97555238193367	95.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 166 Mixed 157 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.38 122% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 430GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 263 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1556 (C2) HDA temperature 105 102 38 (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	86.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 144 Mixed 135 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 109%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 16GB-$19 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 5GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 4.07 Mixed 19.4 22% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,890x
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	809x
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 $179	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