Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 542 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 74.8 54% 66.4 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 73.4 52% 61.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 137071296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -37220186581653 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 49 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 46 60132556829 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 60132556829 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 137071296 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 137071296 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 137071296 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9416 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6729 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6729 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3243 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5898309	59.2% Above average	Read 420 Write 113 Mixed 172 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 9.19 109% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 96.1 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 10.8 37% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207846488 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10109583 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 521732126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30423 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 -91903710198102 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13617390072 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106343658999	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 180 Mixed 168 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.9 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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