Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	7.59% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 659 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 60.4 53% 64.8 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 54.7 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT240BX200SSD1 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 577GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8848656 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184561362 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180196869 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 61 656605223 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1129 (C2) HDA temperature 39 40 68719476775 (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 -84473416774264 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39054633187 (F2) Unknown 100 253 657415393447	7.59% Terrible	Read 100 Write 58 Mixed 63.2 16% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.02 0% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 8%
ST2000DM001-1ER164 240GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 223GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1084 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 307 (94) Unknown 100 100 2730 (95) Unknown 100 100 66 (96) Unknown 100 100 3 (97) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1821 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46356306133025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4075 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2898 (F5) Unknown 100 100 10755 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5460 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 452 Mixed 482 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.7 150% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 82 121% 225 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 20.1 Mixed 24.4 32% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.65 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 1.37 131% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

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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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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