Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	133% 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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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 622 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.8% Poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 45.8 18% 38.2 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 23.4 30% 37.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 162 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 46 64427524131 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 96364 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96364 (F2) Unknown 100 100 148222 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1965 (FC) Unknown 100 100 48	86% Excellent	Read 518 Write 371 Mixed 388 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 22.1 136% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 24.7 32% 54 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 84%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,212 Write 575 Mixed 675 180% 820 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.8 139% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 17.6 57% 128 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 172GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155525120 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 946 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29596201 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13807 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 30 (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 67242007986915 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21593142537 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18075516623	56.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.5 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.02 17% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 376GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 36.4 Mixed 36.3 47% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 43%
Imation Nano Pro 8GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 063d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 6.2 Mixed 9.03 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.45 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.47 63% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 G.SKILL F4-2800C16-4GRR G.SKILL F4-2800C16-4GRR 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns

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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 $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 $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