Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 23:07
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 544 66% 507 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.5 88% 106 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 95.7 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 88GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6221 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2145 (B1) Unknown 96 96 122 (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 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 197 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32748712863	107% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 461 Mixed 497 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 27.8 146% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 89 135% 257 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 1,367 Mixed 1,269 341% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 50.5 219% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 215 237% 402 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 928GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 95469677 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13903620 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 505085981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2798 (C2) HDA temperature 29 12 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 95469677 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108563888338732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2420695920 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3272127321	92.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 152 Mixed 145 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 289GB free Firmware: 05.01A05 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 153 146 1308 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20532 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39070 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 694	54.7% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 93.7 Mixed 96.3 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2484 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 48%

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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