Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.03% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 671 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 6.91 6% 8.36 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 14.6 8% 9.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 52596170412496 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2314 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2312 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 617576 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 617576 (F2) Unknown 100 100 784498 (F9) Unknown 100 100 17660	64.2% Good	Read 471 Write 126 Mixed 183 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 16.1 111% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 37 52% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 80%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 588GB free Firmware: CP100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5440 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13520 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19048 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6018 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 139859 (BB) vendor-specific 57 57 44 (BC) Unknown 100 100 28 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 112 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 139859 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 133	37.2% Below average	Read 41.2 Write 88.3 Mixed 44.4 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 103GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4742 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538640416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4695 (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	59.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%
WD Elements 10B8 1.5TB 2,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 754GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 74.8 Mixed 63.6 89% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 43%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 64GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 90.4 Write 35.6 Mixed 66 74% 64 MB/s	4K Read 7.23 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.83 91% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 45%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 16GB-$15 505 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 9GB free, PID 168e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 181 Write 32.8 Mixed 29.9 73% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.04 12% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 40%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.1% 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 $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