Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	84% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 23:51
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 732 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB; Sapphire Radeon CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.8.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 97 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 93 79% 90.9 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 134 Splatting 139 102% 122 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2959 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (A5) Unknown 100 100 73067266747 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 40 (A9) Unknown 100 100 475 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 66 44 188979544098 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1524750680633 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8674 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14339 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10305 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11499 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 500 Write 257 Mixed 274 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 19.8 124% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 40.7 94% 199 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387329447 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 80 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 184684838954 (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 0	91.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 156 Mixed 156 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 685GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1024 (C2) HDA temperature 103 102 40 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 157 Mixed 154 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.27 124% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 59GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.45% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 3.53 Mixed 3.31 7% 7.88 MB/s	4K Read 5.25 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.45% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 27.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

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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	3,882x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

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 $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	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