Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 132 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 692 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.75 6% 9.11 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 518GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2420 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1537 (AB) Unknown 100 100 9 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 45 236224249889 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 9 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16664855921 (F7) Unknown 100 100 524342283 (F8) Unknown 100 100 77371922 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3583 (D2) Unknown 100 100 32	65.5% Good	Read 474 Write 331 Mixed 334 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 13.3 83% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 13 20% 36 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5962 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2624 (B1) Unknown 99 99 30 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9722023852	97.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 490 Mixed 505 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 23.4 134% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 23.2 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 7991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 885 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3525 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 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	73.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 119 Mixed 117 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 466GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 7975 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13384 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4132 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38277 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 35 (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	62.9% Good	Read 98.8 Write 120 Mixed 117 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 465GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 7941 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43475 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 35 (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	79.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 137 Mixed 129 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 292GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 253 253 8166 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19866 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 41 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 144 Write 94.8 Mixed 79.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.48 130% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 107GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 155 6766 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14703 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5356 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62786 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 34 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 69.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 51.8 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 66GB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 86.5 Mixed 68.4 96% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32.7 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $45Bench 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