Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.3% 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	89.4% 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	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.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 788 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 197 Parallax 184 3% 128 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 195 Splatting 137 124% 152 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 639GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3806 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1671 (A5) Unknown 100 100 60161720758 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1034 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 799 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 58 249109151770 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1206890463513 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5300 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8990 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7838 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9269 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 339 Mixed 323 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 22.2 122% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 43.5 99% 210 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 482GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110009576 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4975 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4412129200 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3381 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 129252786200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28475 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 -140737488355304 (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 -25868588017802 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31154048538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41735208095	86.3% Excellent	Read 117 Write 184 Mixed 109 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 482GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209317072 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 134520783 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3070 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 77729955864 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33979 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 -140737488355304 (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 -40518721464139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26328363125 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40322924570	70.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 169 105% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 3.58 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 480GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 1908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3710 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (BF) G-sense error rate 89 89 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 329891 (C2) HDA temperature 124 100 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2422 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11626006725 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7812068450 (FE) Unknown 198 198 2	55.4% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 100 Mixed 87.2 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 113%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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