Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.5% 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	117% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '16 at 10:15
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 251 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 814 79% 652 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 60 39% 56.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 57.1 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8188 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 537 (B1) Unknown 97 97 58 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25147515450	117% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 402 Mixed 383 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 48.4 186% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 104 138% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 365GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 159 5508 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4526 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1751 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 702465 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 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 1	32.7% Below average	Read 49.2 Write 64.4 Mixed 59 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 211GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 166 5166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (10) Unknown 11 189 199054562875 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 802 (C2) HDA temperature 121 100 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	58.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 93.9 Mixed 94.2 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 96GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237751178 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34626426508 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2869 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 79 79 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196907 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 505217053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 21474836509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 18 237751178 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 37739877661219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2345510093 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3603431759	52.3% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 84 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.54 115% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.8 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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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	3,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,380x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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