Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 17:56
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 540 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 96 84% 105 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 101 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 38 2490403 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 835 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3055620 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1783794 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2740308 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1805239	70.7% Very good	Read 517 Write 179 Mixed 224 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 16.5 110% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 17.7 51% 113 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 85%
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 5GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1487 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 659 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65544 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 406	93.4% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 460 Mixed 432 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 12.6 114% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 56.5 105% 205 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 102%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4GB free Firmware: MU03 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979281954 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3098637922 (F7) Unknown 100 100 96853690 (F8) Unknown 100 100 74431508	74.6% Very good	Read 524 Write 280 Mixed 302 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 16 117% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 34.3 36% 56 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 679GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 94 42 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9160 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 99 99 15352 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3909 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 98 15 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 218 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 487981083 (C2) HDA temperature 70 49 521535518 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35134412 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 94.7 Mixed 89.5 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 58GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 142993300 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70073742 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 673054759 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 644 (C2) HDA temperature 39 10 42949672999 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 142993300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121122372718461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19343425403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14644789246	79.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 156 Mixed 88.3 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 91%

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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	2,379x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,319x
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