Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.7% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th 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 below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 55 1-Core 121 2-Core 232 72% 136 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 364 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 106 Parallax 94.2 82% 100 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 93.9 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,187 320% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.7 210% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 160 164% 268 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 176 7300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110155 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 34 (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	60% Good	Read 119 Write 90.1 Mixed 125 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 618GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130642256 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361376810 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 38079735332897 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15419 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 98784247841 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 191 1167 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82802674507449 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74352899500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19075351167	76.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 127 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%
SAMSUNG MZMTE256 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 215GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	233% Outstanding	Read 256 Write 233 Mixed 210 294% 233 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 11.5 2,015% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 11.7 1,791% 24.6 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 233%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 112%

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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	2,380x
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