Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.2% 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	228% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 17:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 768 82% 652 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.6 91% 107 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 98 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 78GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3875 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1812 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 539 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458774 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 176094904351 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1731 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1495 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5638 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 22 (F6) Unknown 100 100 505792	104% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 507 Mixed 512 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 14 130% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 14.3 102% 234 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 65GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2503 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3618 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 279 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 930 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1175 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22897879159 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25245389104	48.7% Average	Read 459 Write 283 Mixed 319 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 6.58 42% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 6.74 10% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 1,058 Mixed 696 276% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 55.8 191% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 570 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 96.8 182% 365 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 185%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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