Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.9% 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 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 20:32
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 567 71% 540 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 139 Parallax 124 108% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 80 7368070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -83030307747933 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1072 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7368070 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7368070 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7368070 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15528 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10590 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10590 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17304	41.9% Average	Read 179 Write 77.9 Mixed 94.4 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 8.61 88% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 31.5 47% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
Seagate ST6000VN0021-1ZA17Z 6TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203491582 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8875518 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 498223808628 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5101 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 6 203491582 (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 9552007267255 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8577329416 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9394330021	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 186 Mixed 148 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.41 146% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 246 8800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1069 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 639677 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 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	62% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 90.2 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 95%

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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	3,882x
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