Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 09:35
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 471 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.64 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 17 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4462 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3635 (B1) Unknown 91 91 174 (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 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 141 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49556753092	106% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 396 Mixed 409 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 42.1 163% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 105 122% 214 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 256GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9981 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9018 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9206 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 36 (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 29504 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	58.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.56 126% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 35GB free Firmware: 3.CDE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 100 16157969 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56593381431 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4188 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 488308765 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74972 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 65 55624610 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	15.5% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 29.4 Mixed 26.7 20% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 24%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.1% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 80%

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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