Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '16 at 21:10
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 226 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 658 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 219 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 194 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196614 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1022	67.3% Good	Read 498 Write 343 Mixed 353 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 8.78 87% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 8.2 17% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 89 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 85 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 161 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.35 141% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 501GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65138314 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15271972 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (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 71 60 488308765 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 65138314 (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 21255793153800 (F1) Unknown 100 253 523546357 (F2) Unknown 100 253 422229655	58.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.2 Mixed 87.7 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.38 83% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 556GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 82.2 130% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 79%
WD My Book 500GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 282GB free, PID null Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 14.9 30% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GVR F4-3000C15-8GVRB F4-3000C15-8GVR F4-3000C15-8GVRB 32GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 102%

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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	3,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,378x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,318x
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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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