Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25.1% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 22:38
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 731 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 1000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 38.2 24% 32.8 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 25.4 26% 33 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6130 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2649 (B1) Unknown 74 74 307 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 515 (F1) Unknown 99 99 113856051235	58% Above average	Read 412 Write 135 Mixed 148 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 12 78% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 29.8 78% 171 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 85%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 145 9000 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3945 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85325 (C2) HDA temperature 122 88 30 (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	49.9% Average	Read 93.1 Write 81.1 Mixed 83.5 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.17 48% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 945GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16146 (C2) HDA temperature 124 114 26 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 94.7 Mixed 93 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 167GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8170 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3133 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 387055639 (C2) HDA temperature 71 57 487718941 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 64080 (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 94 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	43% Average	Read 72.9 Write 76.6 Mixed 73.1 56% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 62%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 105GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2732 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45113 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 86.7 Mixed 83.6 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 28.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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