Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 580 77% 579 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 154 Parallax 75.1 114% 123 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17594 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19799511742	114% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 405 Mixed 413 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.5 180% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 28.7 100% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 503GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 53 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 12 12 64503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23028 (C2) HDA temperature 126 90 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 83.9 Write 77.9 Mixed 76.3 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 52%
WDC WD30 EZRZ-00WN9B0 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 410GB free, PID 2351 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.7% Poor	Read 40.4 Write 38.4 Mixed 38 50% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%

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

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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	3,890x
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	809x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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 $40Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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