Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 10:31
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 520 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2112 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 68 62% 74.4 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 79 63% 76.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$124 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 100 100 323 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 149 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42760 (A5) Unknown 100 100 92 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10318 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 262144 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 78929 (F2) Unknown 100 100 145040 (F5) Unknown 100 100 171040	97.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 376 Mixed 432 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 34.2 134% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 50.4 104% 211 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790775616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1943 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9450 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9450 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 257698889763 (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 200 200 34	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 162 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 503GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241187280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128683143 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9786 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 42 1435157987366 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31431 (C2) HDA temperature 38 58 60129542182 (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 -10754598101554 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11772684945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 503969250935	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 176 Mixed 157 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3013 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 79%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,895x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,383x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,324x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16