Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 01:37
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 802 87% 689 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 37.1 32% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,790 Write 1,248 Mixed 1,295 320% 1,444 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 23 167% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 21.2 131% 297 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$38 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103243912 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 80 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 43837077208 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (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 66 56 672530466 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8320 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 73014444066 (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 90933047602877 (F1) Unknown 100 253 116674215781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 177550832671	93.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 164 Mixed 158 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 155 Write 92.3 Mixed 84.8 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4.39 4K Mixed 0.23 150% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$38 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 745GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166245944 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5031020157 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (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 70 63 571867166 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2995 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (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 77412490548635 (F1) Unknown 100 253 82322588670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45572485437	87.2% Excellent	Read 116 Write 188 Mixed 151 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 113%

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 @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

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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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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