Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	112% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 773 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 156 Parallax 141 116% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8770 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14468071991	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 395 Mixed 408 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 44.6 176% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 124 141% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 39GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5085367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 79903571583519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 43 81607196707 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 81607196707 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5085367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5085367 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5085367 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1073 (EA) Unknown 0 0 650 (F1) Unknown 0 0 650 (F2) Unknown 0 0 543	89.1% Excellent	Read 524 Write 258 Mixed 280 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.4 146% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 66.7 92% 168 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 173 163 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (10) Unknown 0 200 207784318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 9 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 40 (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	89.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 160 Mixed 161 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.28 126% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 112%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 222GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1036 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 93.8 Write 67.1 Mixed 68.1 57% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.3% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 104%

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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