Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	112% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 06:45
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 580 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 110% 134 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13290383532	112% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.4 178% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 93.3 122% 223 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: ML6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 253 253 11337940 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5771 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5523 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5792 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5792 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 219044249636 (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 200 200 1	58% Above average	Read 109 Write 93.4 Mixed 89.1 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 537GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71479445 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39535295 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1085 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 639434788 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 19 71479445 (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 -36313948472886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 805238641 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3960383624	61.7% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.56 118% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $134	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