Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	22.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 732 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 95 87% 105 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 96 Splatting 93.2 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 224GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1008 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 329 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 70 40 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2312491554	27.5% Poor	Read 110 Write 48.9 Mixed 64.2 16% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 17.3 58% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 60.5 DQ Write 29.8 DQ Mixed 24.4 24% 38.2 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1720 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 320 (A9) Unknown 100 100 133 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 195 (AE) Unknown 100 100 176 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 152 652836274205 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1586 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25436 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10774 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13205 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	22.9% Poor	Read 98.3 Write 56.1 Mixed 80.1 17% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 11.1 46% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 49 DQ Write 29.2 DQ Mixed 24.7 22% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 4246 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (64) Unknown 100 100 608384 (65) Unknown 100 100 815280 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 194 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 362 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 717 (B7) Unknown 97 97 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504445469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1043 (EA) Unknown 100 100 790 (F1) Unknown 100 100 952 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1514 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	16.1% Very poor	Read 93.7 Write 29.5 Mixed 36.1 12% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 9.06 4K Mixed 5.53 32% 9.23 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 14.1 14% 24.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 82%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5205 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 227633070107 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37.3% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 51.3 Mixed 66 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 94%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 445GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3092 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2005 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 448437 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 29 (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	40% Below average	Read 87.8 Write 51.3 Mixed 60.5 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 83%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 27GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 15.3 Mixed 12.1 21% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.39 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 4x4GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 34.9 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 32.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%

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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	3,899x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16