Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.9%, 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	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 23:08
Run Duration	474 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 738 79% 628 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 177 148% 186 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEDMW400G4L 400GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	221% Outstanding	Read 1,953 Write 957 Mixed 1,309 310% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 50 221% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 174 193% 332 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 221%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1881 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 246 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 50 219042676767 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10860626309 (F7) Unknown 100 100 339505036 (F8) Unknown 100 100 163341420	87.4% Excellent	Read 491 Write 264 Mixed 349 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.7 132% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 52.1 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 91%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1320 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 178 178 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749216798 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 469 Mixed 499 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 44.5 152% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 174 164% 256 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 799GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 182 6516 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5956 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2904 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1182737 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 97.6 Mixed 96.6 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 57%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 32GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Read 11 Write 2.51 Mixed 4.24 6% 5.92 MB/s	4K Read 5.45 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.003 20% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 115%

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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	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

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	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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