Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '16 at 03:35
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 788 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 121 103% 129 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SABER1000 960GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 476GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 140 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (AB) Unknown 100 100 234579280 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 507 (F2) Unknown 100 100 237 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16817263	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 471 Mixed 494 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 35.2 155% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 89.1 141% 268 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 851 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8502441279	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 393 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 49.9 183% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 120 144% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 105GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6546 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1476 (B1) Unknown 93 93 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20282237355	96.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 332 Mixed 356 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 27.4 145% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 82.6 120% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 163GB free Firmware: JC45 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 117 99 139154630 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 492817615 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 655818789 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 38654705701 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 19 139154630 (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 120134530266641 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12459342 (F2) Unknown 100 253 766617828	43.6% Average	Read 88.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 82.9 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.34 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 28.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 29.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 95%

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

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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 $273	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 $179	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