Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	197% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '16 at 23:55
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 663 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4380 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.35 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 2199) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.31 3% 4.15 fps	MRender 5.48 Gravity 4.43 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.4% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,598 Write 965 Mixed 1,276 284% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 32.9 202% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 31.6 111% 245 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 283%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 198GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 837 Write 517 Mixed 590 143% 648 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 7.53 93% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 6.26 58% 126 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 332%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 102GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13001 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4621 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 320 (AE) Unknown 100 100 240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9169791747625 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 172 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 488 Write 251 Mixed 334 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 5.74 90% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 9 22% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 81%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 12TB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 6TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 316 Write 242 Mixed 211 192% 256 MB/s	4K Read 1.86 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.38 194% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 285%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.M16FAD 4x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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	3,876x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,373x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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