Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 08:33
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 654 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 123 109% 135 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 110 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 360 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (64) Unknown 100 100 1070736 (65) Unknown 100 100 109808 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 464 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 826 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 146029871130 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 23 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2819 (EA) Unknown 100 100 963 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1467 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1006 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 140	64.9% Good	Read 480 Write 244 Mixed 255 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 12.8 94% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 27 38% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 667GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 935 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1334 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 185 Mixed 158 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.27 130% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 495GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 97.2 Write 97.6 Mixed 73.1 113% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G Corsair CMV4GX4M1A2133C15 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 73%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
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	376x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16