Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.1% 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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 06:41
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 122 2-Core 214 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 650 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 42 42% 47.2 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 44 Splatting 38.8 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2764 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 102 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13664525539	94.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 426 Mixed 438 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.5 135% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 23.7 58% 127 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 748GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7515 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 27 (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	64.6% Good	Read 106 Write 119 Mixed 98.5 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 84%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 349GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 166 147 8675 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 965052 (C2) HDA temperature 120 86 32 (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	44.9% Average	Read 87.5 Write 68.7 Mixed 70.7 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 55%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 110GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16531 (03) Spinup time 163 145 8833 (04) Start/Stop count 72 72 28477 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6865 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 602 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 380713 (C2) HDA temperature 120 85 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	43.1% Average	Read 77.1 Write 72.7 Mixed 60.3 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 55%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 24GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 50.6 Write 53.5 Mixed 46.9 38% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 59%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 20GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 72.8 Write 80.1 Mixed 76.5 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $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 $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