Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 16:50
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 792 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 205 Parallax 182 157% 193 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 126 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,575 Write 993 Mixed 1,256 283% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 224 4K Mixed 45.8 242% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 31.3 164% 375 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 230%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 183GB free Firmware: X41310RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5908 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7929947 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 581 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 333 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 292058693664 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111671902250 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1454 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1883 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1775 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4546 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	93.3% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 353 Mixed 332 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 21.4 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 44.5 98% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 108%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 75GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23988 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2978 (B1) Unknown 90 90 347 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58516306073	85.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 380 Mixed 440 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 24.7 110% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 70 86% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 86%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5442 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 948 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 190 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979216421 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 938 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 549 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	97% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 172 Mixed 155 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 3.92 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.34 240% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 420GB free Firmware: MX6OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 76 (03) Spinup time 149 149 21501903204 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3920 (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 98 98 18885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2339 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11715 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11715 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684445729 (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	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 112 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 20.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 99%

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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	3,890x
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