Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	67.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 22:21
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 668 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 112% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 49585783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 122346438400640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 631 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 12352 (BD) vendor-specific 30 70 25774391326 (C2) HDA temperature 30 70 25774391326 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49585783 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49585783 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49585783 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8517 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7306 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7306 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10846	67.1% Good	Read 503 Write 133 Mixed 203 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 22.4 110% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 15 45% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 577GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 79417043 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2154001 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 538509343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 31 17 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 79417043 (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 17755394802036 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1397625583 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1700701175	94.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 151 Mixed 128 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 353GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2522 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (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	63% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 69%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 238GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 79.1 Write 74 Mixed 62.1 90% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,911x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,396x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16