Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 22:12
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 809 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 70.2 69% 79 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 73.2 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 206GB free Firmware: N0402C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 826 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4123 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) 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 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 48245 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 48245 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28252	106% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 431 Mixed 465 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38 150% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 80 116% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 137GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 271 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1155 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 56105 (A5) Unknown 100 100 140 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (F1) Unknown 100 100 209902 (F2) Unknown 100 100 235698 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 54 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 209902 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	97.2% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 291 Mixed 372 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.4 149% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 76.7 118% 222 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 99%
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C 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 1199 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1873 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 76764 (A5) Unknown 100 100 122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 21 (A7) Unknown 100 100 75 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 223 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 166448 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253957	76.6% Very good	Read 504 Write 119 Mixed 220 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 32.6 132% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 61.1 83% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 31.5 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 114%

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

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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