Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	225% 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	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 727 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 199 Parallax 194 139% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 387GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12688 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6602 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21641559684	97.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 345 Mixed 359 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 28.3 144% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 96.6 129% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 49GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13313 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 477 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 172 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5670489191
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,362 Write 708 Mixed 1,149 307% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 52.1 231% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 212 209% 341 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 283%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 170GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 149 5000 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6023 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 2 2 71715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2786 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1801 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6029 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 38 (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	45.1% Average	Read 78.5 Write 78.3 Mixed 72 57% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 60%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 64GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 39 Write 15.7 Mixed 18.9 27% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.03 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.83 130% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 114%

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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	3,891x
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	810x
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 $178	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