Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 13:10
Run Duration	377 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 748 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 68.6 65% 75.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 74.6 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 116GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 100 100 568 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 28 309237645364 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4067629713 (F7) Unknown 100 100 68071311 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21151485	96.6% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 395 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 42.6 156% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 25 32% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 123%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 110GB free Firmware: UE360000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A5) Unknown 100 100 66 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 102 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 52 223339544618 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310722066 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 113 (EA) Unknown 100 100 370 (F1) Unknown 100 100 141 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.7% Average	Read 488 Write 166 Mixed 211 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 3.72 50% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 24.4 DQ Mixed 3.63 8% 16.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 53%
Intel 545s Series 128GB 2,701 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 102GB free Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 51541377027 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 40 55 85902950440 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 52209 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52209 (F2) Unknown 100 100 94837 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1791 (FC) Unknown 100 100 12	56.5% Above average	Read 498 Write 71.8 Mixed 117 49% 229 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 17.7 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 27.8 28% 44 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15498 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3091 (B1) Unknown 98 98 68 (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 62 31 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 142 (F1) Unknown 99 99 72461196092	93.5% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 281 Mixed 332 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.8 168% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 24.6 34% 60 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: 7C Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 430 Mixed 438 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 36.8 138% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 69.8 52% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 23GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 387 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 26.4 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 133 122% 188 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 133%
Kingston SHSS37A 960GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 22GB free Firmware: 00.r Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 536 Write 411 Mixed 512 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 16.1 122% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 15.9 38% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%
Kingston SHSS37A 960GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 22GB free Firmware: 00.Y Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 535 Write 349 Mixed 512 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 13.9 106% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 13.4 23% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 19GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15161 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2558 (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 64 27 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12413366012	95.5% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 415 Mixed 428 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 34.2 153% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 27.8 34% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 133%
Crucial_CT1024MX 1TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free Firmware: MU02 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 508 Write 308 Mixed 188 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 19.4 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 35.1 54% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 96%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 3GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 147 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 60 41 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5538766915	116% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 408 Mixed 416 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 49.9 181% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 117 144% 257 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

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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	3,906x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,392x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	816x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16