Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	46.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 13:47
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 596 80% 595 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PNY(196E 104B) 3GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Lighting 56.6 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 66.8 46% 58.4 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 49.7 48% 60.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16607 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2108 (E8) Unknown 100 100 18314494088 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	93.2% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 360 Mixed 400 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 20.2 141% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 21.3 85% 186 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172019576 (03) Spinup time 94 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4022 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 2072 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15995036 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065708 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 43 30502617114 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4878 (C2) HDA temperature 26 57 25769803802 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 6 172019576 (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 -18107582117380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1337212262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3000359289	67.1% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 101 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.57 105% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 496GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 170 3658 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6930 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454688795 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10381 (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	68.2% Good	Read 133 Write 105 Mixed 115 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.37 113% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 15.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

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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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $15	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