Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	297% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 849 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 216 Parallax 191 161% 202 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 189 Splatting 136 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 185GB free Firmware: N1126K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^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 100 100 751 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 58804 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 153 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 223834 (F2) Unknown 100 100 408147 (F5) Unknown 100 100 470432	103% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 399 Mixed 448 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 34.1 152% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 23.1 86% 187 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,929 Write 1,430 Mixed 1,486 428% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 32.4 233% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 30.8 173% 398 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 240803424 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2633868 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5977 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 30064771098 (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 -18949395708652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12037826279935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11691016162997	92.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 151 Mixed 137 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.69% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 5.91 Mixed 10.8 15% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.96 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.54 62% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3270 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 34.2 112% 39 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 47.4 SC Mixed 34.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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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	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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