Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 00:21
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 850 92% 731 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2951 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 213 Parallax 190 161% 200 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,265 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,503 379% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 28.2 173% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 255 157% 165 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 254%
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: N1126K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 100 100 856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59602 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (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 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 153 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 228976 (F2) Unknown 100 100 410554 (F5) Unknown 100 100 476816	98% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 396 Mixed 447 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 30.5 138% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 19 85% 189 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73536520 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2695465 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 404226072 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6642 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 30064771096 (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 136038794134828 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12337694765648 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11748949965775	82.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 152 Mixed 131 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 33.6 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 35.3 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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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	3,877x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

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	548x
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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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