Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	197% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 13:31
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 834 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1552 MHz, MLim: 2047 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 359.6 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 63.9 53% 67.9 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 58.9 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,276 Write 786 Mixed 1,008 227% 1,023 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 52.6 250% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 184 223% 406 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 243%
Seagate BUP Slim 250GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 102GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 46%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 25GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51690210 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 1113694988 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 521994269 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 43 51690210 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.9% Above average	Read 95 Write 103 Mixed 80.9 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.49 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 21GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212109329 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 390864621 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 988 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 521994269 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 41 212109329 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	32.2% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 54.3 Mixed 52.3 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.45 91% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 5GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896764080 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2757 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3783 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3783 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 244813856799 (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	65.5% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 134 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 39GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 145 Write 103 Mixed 113 148% 120 MB/s	4K Read 5.88 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 1.4 177% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 40%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 3GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 12.5 Mixed 14.4 22% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.15 42% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 80%

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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	3,890x
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	809x
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 $179	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