Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 06:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 68.9 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 155 60% 104 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 335 40% 311 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 16.1 27% 27.5 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 28.8 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7443 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1635 (B1) Unknown 97 97 50 (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 59 56 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22784319800	99.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 408 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 39.7 141% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 103 114% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 87GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 950 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8597798997 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 746 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 261994053665 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103081967658 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1439 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1755 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1651 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4773 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.4% Good	Read 493 Write 250 Mixed 292 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 18.2 75% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 40.4 84% 175 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 515GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6057 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5770 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 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	73.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 122 Mixed 122 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.35 107% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 2x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 12.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 87%

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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	3,882x
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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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