Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	106% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 23:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 283 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 779 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 123 Parallax 111 90% 115 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 108 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 1,021 Write 457 Mixed 538 147% 672 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 11 103% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 10.9 58% 123 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 182%
WD Elements 10B8 2TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 617GB free Firmware: 1012 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 205 202 4708 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3739 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57136 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (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	23.8% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 41.4 Mixed 39.6 31% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 220GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 171 2575 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12446 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11759 (C2) HDA temperature 104 99 43 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 83.2 Mixed 80 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C14 2x16GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 30 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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