Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.68% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '16 at 00:14
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 809 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% 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. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.36 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 6%
Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 580 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Asus(1043 81CF) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.908 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.38% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 0.77 Parallax 0.19 1% 0.55 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.38% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCB 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 631GB free (System drive) Firmware: RR04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (10) Unknown 0 200 7127414558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 9 (C2) HDA temperature 103 101 44 (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
Poor: 84% Great: 120%
WD WD1502FAEX-007BA 1.5TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 33GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 248 9316 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4139 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4126 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3811 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 327 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 49 (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 75515 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86% Excellent	Read 161 Write 138 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.39 141% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3300622AS 300GB-$130 728 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AA 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 112 84 216409915 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 61 844365848 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5869 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 44 5085003822 (C2) HDA temperature 46 56 60129542190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 49 228167448 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 60.2 Mixed 57.7 45% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.9 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 31.7 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 104%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,947x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,419x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	648x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	823x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	745x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	609x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359