Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.7% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 03:32
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600K-$231 111,329 User benchmarks, average bench 89% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	SC Int 128 SC Float 143 SC Mixed 133 108% 135 Pts	QC Int 500 QC Float 489 QC Mixed 477 111% 489 Pts	MC Int 549 MC Float 574 MC Mixed 536 83% 553 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$226 7,529 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 04F5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 160 Reflection 137 Parallax 202 54% 167 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 142 Splatting 93.3 49% 114 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$80 274,376 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10771 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1388 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24883202513	97.7% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 28.8 165% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 28.6 38% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$48 26,002 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 222GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 149 5333 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12934 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3106 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12931 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 29 (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 200 200 123 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.9% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 88.4 Mixed 84.7 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.45 126% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$190 62,158 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 27 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $139

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $358Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	6,335x
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	4,792x
Core i7-6700Intel $304Bench 79%, 60,225 samples	654x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	3,318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	1,727x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 71%, 231,755 samples	1,580x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	2,289x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	1,503x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $200Bench 173%, 18,093 samples	361x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,158 samples	1,264x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $172Bench 72%, 22,355 samples	747x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 91%, 39,599 samples	703x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,214

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12