Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '16 at 15:19
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 487 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 68.9 58% 70 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 56.5 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th 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 6164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 639 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 67 141733920795 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11299419582 (F7) Unknown 100 100 358879051 (F8) Unknown 100 100 629831173	84.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 265 Mixed 348 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 27.5 120% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 15.9 84% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra 120GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 19GB free Firmware: 362A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28853590314820 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1911 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3200 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1600 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1600 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3712	47.1% Average	Read 199 Write 109 Mixed 149 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 14.8 94% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 38.1 49% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 51%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 458GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 164 4700 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8514 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 23 (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	53.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 85.1 Mixed 84.7 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.49 125% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 422GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216958568 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 12907269610 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 454098967 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52899 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (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 113202453023089 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13369533188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12127717663	74.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 118 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.23 66% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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