Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.8% 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	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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 03:42
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 394 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 32.9 22% 30 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 34.7 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12288 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (AA) Unknown 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 67 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7649353991662 (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 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 491 Write 192 Mixed 277 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 5.69 92% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 7.33 62% 148 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 72%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,163 Write 1,223 Mixed 1,612 369% 1,666 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 34.8 157% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 27.9 86% 188 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 210%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213287848 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 3424 (07) Seek error rate 73 57 94952646187 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262664 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80212 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 77309411359 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129854041203430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -85189202169685 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62121984210322	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 184 Mixed 148 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.43 110% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 21.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 99%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $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 $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 $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