Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	229% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 00:45
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 853 90% 720 Pts	64-Core 849 53% 849 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2955 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 215 Parallax 189 163% 201 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 191 Splatting 130 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 1,315 Mixed 1,412 369% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 32.3 150% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 245 204% 277 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 254%
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 61GB free Firmware: N1126K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^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 1232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 60479 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (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 53 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 153 (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 233999 (F2) Unknown 100 100 411916 (F5) Unknown 100 100 483832	98.4% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 391 Mixed 441 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 33.3 138% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 15.9 84% 188 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 995GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162110496 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1540 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4643825 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 889 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8318 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 30064771099 (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 -137782550854232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109760250679257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48597335175574	82.8% Excellent	Read 141 Write 148 Mixed 122 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 34.2 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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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	2,380x
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 $300	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