Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560x1440x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 20:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 740 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 82 Parallax 70.9 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 73 Splatting 75 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9004 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 998 (B1) Unknown 97 97 127 (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 58 44 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27693147471	98.9% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 464 Mixed 492 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39.7 152% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 24.4 35% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 833GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1550 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1478 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (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	94.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 161 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.26 131% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 313GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7962 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7325 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 42 (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	63.3% Good	Read 127 Write 93.7 Mixed 101 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 74%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 11GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 134 Write 55.1 Mixed 61.7 92% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.89 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.93 115% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 31.9 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,882x
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 $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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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