Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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	138% 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	247% 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 18:11
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 291 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 823 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2951 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 214 Parallax 189 160% 200 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 188 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,300 Write 1,306 Mixed 1,323 362% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 29.9 162% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 22.9 178% 419 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: N1126K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59527 (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 49 (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 228647 (F2) Unknown 100 100 410021 (F5) Unknown 100 100 476216	97.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 393 Mixed 447 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32.7 133% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 69.2 108% 205 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%
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 below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65016560 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2685628 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (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 75 53 421068825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6572 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 30064771097 (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 -41918880807638 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12269136128236 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11748235689468	82.9% Excellent	Read 136 Write 153 Mixed 120 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%

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 @ 3242 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 34.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 34.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
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 $295	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