Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.6% 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	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 732 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.4 39% 48.9 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 60.3 47% 57.8 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 955 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (64) Unknown 100 100 1787008 (65) Unknown 100 100 197904 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 775 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 826 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 146029805595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28 (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 28 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4718 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1736 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2847 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2120 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 170	61% Good	Read 474 Write 233 Mixed 257 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 11.9 90% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 55.8 DQ Mixed 10.7 18% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 666GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1160 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1829 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 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	102% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 193 Mixed 158 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 13GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 82.3 Mixed 77 104% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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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	3,877x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,375x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	634x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	735x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
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	548x
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 $273	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 $186	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