Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 15:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 426 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 83% 106 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 97.7 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,646 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,346 383% 1,746 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 24.6 184% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55.3 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 26.6 38% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 24GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -9689445316144 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1294 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 887 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 887 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 389817 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 389817 (F2) Unknown 100 100 420083 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11594	77.2% Very good	Read 490 Write 177 Mixed 257 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 18.7 124% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 13.1 73% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 515GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 93 1507336 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897812674 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1549 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5455 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 206159609887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	82.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 124 Mixed 101 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.13 65% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-4GTZB F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-4GTZB 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3007, 3007, 3007, 3007 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 33.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 26.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
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 $129Bench 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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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