Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	91.6% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 04:54
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 461 64% 472 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.28 6% 8.89 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.8 82% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 88.2 Splatting 84 72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE480GB 480GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 100 100 274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 61 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5638 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (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 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 88319 (F2) Unknown 100 100 100553 (F5) Unknown 100 100 180416	91.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 395 Mixed 439 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 24.7 123% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 68.3 100% 183 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 159GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13388 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2803 (B1) Unknown 87 87 126 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 427 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4213165156	82.5% Excellent	Read 513 Write 251 Mixed 192 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.6 123% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 32.7 88% 188 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 784GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 1850 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2136 (BF) G-sense error rate 47 47 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21822 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.3% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 108 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 669GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 224 8708 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3948 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6562 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 34 (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	58.2% Above average	Read 111 Write 92.3 Mixed 96.1 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.41 74% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

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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	3,881x
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 $129Bench 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