Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	101% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 04:11
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 844 84% 688 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 135 Parallax 136 159% 155 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 124 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 28 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33101 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 669 (B1) Unknown 64 64 1291 (B3) Unknown 99 99 28 (B5) Unknown 99 99 28 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 42 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 240 (F1) Unknown 99 99 147942741394	101% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 372 Mixed 405 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 23.8 149% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 22.5 98% 221 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11513 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 195 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1955120704	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 409 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.2 187% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 26.4 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 5.5TB free Firmware: CC24 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 117 99 142813984 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 45 1069456405442 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 211109740578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62567 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 -140737488355294 (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 39981850567056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2238343731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5333389430	61.5% Good	Read 116 Write 97.9 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5858 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13384 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 154067 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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	57.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 83.5 Mixed 106 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 316GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2086 (C2) HDA temperature 106 86 41 (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	58.5% Above average	Read 129 Write 74.2 Mixed 116 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 22.3 Mixed 26.9 35% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.86 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 1.39 160% 3.31 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 7,485 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 86%

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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