Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.3% 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	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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 02:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$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)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 277 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 812 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1629 MHz, MLim: 1951 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 43.4 41% 47.6 fps	MRender 45.6 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 39.7 35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42537356105593 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3095 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 332 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 50 103082491943 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 332 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 538203 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 83 83 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 538203 (F2) Unknown 100 100 600239 (F9) Unknown 100 100 130473	84.3% Excellent	Read 488 Write 246 Mixed 287 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 24.3 138% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 60.8 87% 162 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 91%
HPT DISK 0_1 2TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 139 8733 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5416 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 656250 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 39 (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	58.1% Above average	Read 107 Write 95 Mixed 92.1 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 67%
HPT DISK 0_0 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 409GB free Firmware: 4.00 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 88 Mixed 110 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.32 138% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3171 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 34.5 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 34.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

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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	3,880x
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