Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 06:20
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 646 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKKF51 512GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 155GB free Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,547 Write 548 Mixed 812 212% 969 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 27 158% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 106 78% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 262%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6873776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -5471788327216 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1727 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 544 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 41 60132229156 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 60132229156 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6873776 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6873776 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6873776 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12423 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9452 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9452 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11316 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6684774	58.8% Above average	Read 442 Write 111 Mixed 149 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 11 111% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 11.5 25% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 233011827 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10430189 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -579820583432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3926 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 68719476771 (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 72434623448268 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6597050362 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7070936457 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	57.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 89.5 Mixed 64.7 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.81 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 68%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 32GB free, PID null, Samsung Evo Plus Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 87.5 Write 23.8 Mixed 39.1 53% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 4.18 4K Mixed 2.46 274% 6.58 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 15.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 64%

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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