Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 404 59% 429 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (64) Unknown 100 100 3271808 (65) Unknown 100 100 473728 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 964 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1306 (B7) Unknown 98 98 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 197568757792 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5849 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2516 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4395 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5235 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	64.2% Good	Read 488 Write 258 Mixed 265 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 10.5 87% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 10.5 33% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 474GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896698552 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 933 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188978757665 (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 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 136 Mixed 144 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 31.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

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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