Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 18:18
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 37.1 2-Core 103 48% 74.6 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 566 51% 431 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4501 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.22 5% 8.1 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 15.1 8% 9.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13214684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 124279173686018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1017 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 282 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 49 1005025558557 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 1005025558557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13214684 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13214684 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13214684 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11941 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27529 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27529 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7896	50.3% Above average	Read 426 Write 93.9 Mixed 110 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 8.67 89% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 8.32 19% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%
WD WD30PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 178 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 191 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 172 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 86%
Toshib DT01ACA300 3TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 352GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387263918 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 409 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519348262 (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	94.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 149 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 108%
WD WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 423GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 8100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4606 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 168836 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 34 (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	61.3% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 292GB free Firmware: MX6O Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 149 Mixed 130 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.2 102% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 107%
WD WD40EZRX-22SPEB0 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 194GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 84963 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 36 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 134 Write 154 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 189GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 3769 (03) Spinup time 184 177 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5038 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1969 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 118121 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 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 200 200 355 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 96.3 Mixed 89.3 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-029.A00G 2x8GB 553 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 80%

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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	3,899x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,384x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	551x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16